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

Spur or Spurs may also refer to:

Medicine

  • Bone spurs, a skeletal disorder forming small bony outgrowth along joint margins
    • Heel spur, a thin spike of calcification in the human foot

Organizations

Routes

  • Spur line, a short railway (railroad) branching from a main line
  • Spur route, a short road branching from longer, more important route
  • Spur trail, a shorter trail which branches from a longer route

Science

  • Spur (botany), an elongated appendage of certain sepals
  • Spur (geology), a ridge, often one that is subordinate to a larger ridge
    • Interlocking spur, one of any number of ridges extending alternately from the opposite sides of the wall of a young, V-shaped valley
  • Spur (stem), a short flower- and fruit-bearing stem on some fruit trees
  • Spur (zoology), an outgrowth of bone covered in a sheath of horn
  • Spur (chemistry), a region of high concentration of reaction product

Sports

Other uses

See also

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