spur-leather
spur-leather noun: a leather strap for attaching a spur to a boot.
Noun
spur-leather (plural spur-leathers)
- A leather strap for attaching a spur to a boot.
- ’Sdeath, he mads me, I could eate my very spur-lethers, for anger!1598, Ben Jonson, edited by Percy Simpson, Every Man in His Humour, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1919, act II, scene 1, page 26
- I have a brother lives there, Sir, he is
A Shoe-maker, and lately sent me post
A patterne of the finest Spur-leather;
I was so admir’d at Court.1643, William Davenant, The Unfortunate Lovers, London: Francis Coles, act III, scene 1, page 26
Forms of spur-leather
| plural | spur-leathers |
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Origin of spur-leather
From spur + leather.
Words formed from spur-leather
Questions about spur-leather
- What does spur-leather mean?
- Spur-leather means a leather strap for attaching a spur to a boot.
- What part of speech is spur-leather?
- Spur-leather is a noun.
- What is the plural of spur-leather?
- The plural of spur-leather is spur-leathers.
Words near spur-leather in the dictionary
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