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a tiny metal punctuation mark riders use to italicize a horse's intentions
means A spur is a pointed device worn on a rider's heel to urge a horse forward, or by extension anything that prompts or encourages action.
from From Old English 'spura' or 'spora,' tracing back to a Proto-Germanic root (related to Old Norse 'spori' and German 'Sporn') that's tied to the idea of spurning or kicking with the foot — the same family as the verb 'spurn.' The literal heel-spike came first; the figurative 'spur to action' grew naturally from it, and a 'spur' of rock or railway line borrows the image of something jutting out sharply.
- rowel spin
- The star-shaped wheel rolls instead of stabs
- of the moment
- Phrase comes from impulsive horseback decisions
- earning them
- Knights were dubbed by buckling on golden spurs
- geology too
- A ridge jutting sideways off a mountain is one
- rooster armed
- Cockfighting birds wear sharpened metal spurs on legs
for instance
tottenham hotspur — english football club founded 1882, north london