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spur

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spur

IPA(Pronunciation)
/spɜː/
Noun
 figuratively
A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight. / A jab given with the spurs.
Japanese Meaning
騎士やカウボーイが馬を駆り立てるために、ブーツの踵に取り付ける突起状の金具。 / その金具を使って、馬に軽く突いたり刺激を与える行為や、その一撃のこと。
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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼は落ち着きのない牝馬に乗る前に、ブーツの拍車をきつく締め直した。

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A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
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A jab given with the spurs.
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(figuratively) Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.
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An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
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Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
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Roots, tree roots.
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(geology) A mountain that shoots from another mountain or range and extends some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles.
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A spiked iron worn by seamen upon the bottom of the boot, to enable them to stand upon the carcass of a whale to strip off the blubber.
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(carpentry) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
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(architecture) The short wooden buttress of a post.
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(architecture) A projection from the round base of a column, occupying the angle of a square plinth upon which the base rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.
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Ergotized rye or other grain.
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A wall in a fortification that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
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(shipbuilding) A piece of timber fixed on the bilgeways before launching, having the upper ends bolted to the vessel's side.
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(shipbuilding) A curved piece of timber serving as a half to support the deck where a whole beam cannot be placed.
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(mining) A branch of a vein.
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(rail transport) A very short branch line of a railway line.
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(transport) A short branch road of a motorway, freeway or major road.
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(botany) A short thin side shoot from a branch, especially one that bears fruit or, in conifers, the shoots that bear the leaves.

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