spur-leather
English
Noun
spur-leather (plural spur-leathers)
- A leather strap for attaching a spur to a boot.
- 1598, Ben Jonson, Every Man in His Humour, edited by Percy Simpson, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1919, Act II, Scene 1, p. 26
- ’Sdeath, he mads me, I could eate my very spur-lethers, for anger!
- 1643, William Davenant, The Unfortunate Lovers, London: Francis Coles, Act III, Scene 1, p. 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.
- 1862, The Groom, London: Houlston & Wright, The Industrial Library, Chapter 4, p. 44,
- […] the groom should see that […] the spur leathers [are] attached as soon as the spurs are cleaned. It is very annoying to have a general hunt for spur-leathers five minutes before mounting.
- 1907, Stewart Edward White, Camp and Trail, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., Chapter 9, p. 154,
- The wide spur leathers are to protect the boot from chafing on the stirrups.
- 1598, Ben Jonson, Every Man in His Humour, edited by Percy Simpson, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1919, Act II, Scene 1, p. 26
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