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Spur
A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of directing a horse to move forward or laterally while riding. It is usually used to refine the riding aids and to back up the natural aids . The spur is used in every equestrian discipline...

is a metal instrument fastened to the heel of a horse rider.

Spur may also refer to:
  • Features of plants, animals, and humans, including:
    • Spur, a sharp horny growth on the leg of some animals, especially roosters, male pheasants and other male birds of the Galliformes
      Galliformes
      Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...

    • Spur, a sharp poisoned growth on the hind legs of male platypus
      Platypus
      The platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young...

      es
    • Heel spur
      Heel spur
      A calcaneal spur is a small osteophyte located on the calcaneus . Calcaneal spurs are typically detected by a radiological examination ....

      , a thin spike of calcification in the human foot
    • Spur (biology)
      Spur (biology)
      A spur in botany is a spike, usually part of a flower.In certain plants, part of a sepal or petal develops into an elongated hollow spike extending behind the flower, containing nectar which is sucked by long-tongued animals . Plants with such structures include Delphinium, Aquilegia, Piperia, and...

      , in botany, an elongated appendage of certain sepals
  • Geographical and cartographical features, including:
    • Spur (mountain)
      Spur (mountain)
      A spur is a subsidiary summit of a hill or mountain. By definition, spurs have low topographic prominence, as they are lower than their parent summit and are closely connected to them on the same ridgeline...

      , a mountain ridge projecting laterally from a main mountain or mountain range
    • Spur line, a short railway (railroad) branching from a main line
    • Spur route
      Spur route
      A spur route is a short road forming a branch from a longer, more important route . A bypass or beltway is never considered a true spur route as it typically reconnects with the major road...

      , a short road branching from longer, more important route
    • Spur trail, a shorter trail
      Trail
      A trail is a path with a rough beaten or dirt/stone surface used for travel. Trails may be for use only by walkers and in some places are the main access route to remote settlements...

       which branches from a longer, parent route. They often provide trail users access to nearby resources or desirable destinations.
  • Several organizations, including:
    • SPUR, the acronym for the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association
      San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association
      The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, or SPUR, is a non-profit research, education, and advocacy organization focused on issues of planning and governance. SPUR's history dates back to 1910, when a group of young city leaders came together to improve the quality of housing...

    • Gruppe SPUR
      Gruppe SPUR
      Gruppe SPUR was an artistic collaboration formed by the German painters Heimrad Prem, Helmut Sturm and Hans-Peter Zimmer and the sculptor Lothar Fischer in 1957...

      , a German artistic collaboration, and their journal of the same name
    • Spur Steak Ranches, a chain of steakhouses in South Africa
    • Spur Award
      Spur Award
      The Spur Award is an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America. Founded in 1953 with only four categories , the award today has expanded to include the following categories:...

      , an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America
    • Spur gas stations in North America operated by Murphy Oil
      Murphy Oil
      Murphy Oil Corporation is an international oil and gas company, founded in 1944 as C.H. Murphy & Co by Charle H Murphy Sr., that conducts business through various operating subsidiaries. Murphy produces oil and/or natural gas in the United States, Canada, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and Republic...


  • Spur, a small continuation of part of a printed letter, especially an uppercase G
    G
    G is the seventh letter in the basic modern Latin alphabet.-History:The letter 'G' was introduced in the Old Latin period as a variant of ⟨c⟩ to distinguish voiced, from voiceless, . The recorded originator of ⟨g⟩ is freedman Spurius Carvilius Ruga, the first Roman to open a fee-paying school,...

  • Spur (architecture)
    Spur (architecture)
    A spur , in architecture, is the ornament carved on the angles of the base of early columns.-Ornament:A spur consists of a projecting claw, which, emerging from the lower torus of the base, rests on the projecting angle of the square plinth.-Ancient Roman architecture:It is possibly to these that...

    , the ornament carved on the angles of the bases of early columns
  • Spur, another name for a spurious tone
    Spurious tone
    In electronics , a spurious tone denotes a tone in an electronic circuit which interferes with a signal and is often masked underneath that signal. Spurious tones are any tones other than a fundamental tone or its harmonics...

     in electronics
  • Spur, alternative name for Trace (linear algebra)
    Trace (linear algebra)
    In linear algebra, the trace of an n-by-n square matrix A is defined to be the sum of the elements on the main diagonal of A, i.e.,...

  • Spur gear, the simplest and probably most common type of gear
  • Spur, Texas
    Spur, Texas
    Spur is a city in Dickens County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,088.On October 9, 2009, Spur celebrated its centennial with the dedication of a Giant Spur sculpture. The Giant Spur was built by local welder John Grusendorf. The event, sponsored...

    , a United States city
  • Spur (horse)
    Spur (horse)
    Spur was an American thoroughbred racehorse. In 1916, he won eight major races and finished second in the Belmont Stakes. At age four, he equaled the Empire City track record for a mile and a sixteenth on the dirt in winning his second straight Yonkers Handicap.As a sire, standing at James...

     - American Thoroughbred racehorse

See also

  • Spurs (disambiguation)
  • Spurr (disambiguation)
  • Spurt (disambiguation)
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