spur-leather

English

Etymology

spur +‎ leather

Noun

spur-leather (plural spur-leathers)

1. A leather strap for attaching a spur to a boot.
   • 1598, Ben Jonson, edited by Percy Simpson, Every Man in His Humour‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1919, act II, scene 1, page 26:

     ’Sdeath, he mads me, I could eate my very spur-lethers, for anger!

   • 1643, William Davenant, The Unfortunate Lovers‎^[2], London: Francis Coles, act III, 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.

   • 1862, The Groom, London: Houlston & Wright, The Industrial Library, Chapter 4, p. 44,^[3]

     […] 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, chapter 9, in Camp and Trail‎^[4], New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., page 154:

     The wide spur leathers are to protect the boot from chafing on the stirrups.

Derived terms

• under-spur-leather