spur-leathern.

Etymology: < spur n.¹ + leather n. Compare Old English spurleþer, Old High German sporleder (German spornleder), Middle Dutch spore-, spoorleder, Danish sporelæder, Swedish sporrlȧder.

1. A leather strap for securing a spur to the foot.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding > use of hands and legs > using spurs > strap of spur

spur-leather1616

spur-whang1684

1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) ii. i, in Wks. I. 20 I could eate my very spur-lethers, for anger!

1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 124 No man except he..is worth 200l. in goods ought to weare..girdle, scabberd, or spurleathers.

1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 122 When the rats gnaw'd his spur-leathers.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 279 From the well-brushed hat to lower spur-leather..he justified their appreciation.

2. under spur-leather, a subordinate, an attendant, a menial. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun]

thanea700

yeoman1345

squirec1380

foot followera1382

handservanta1382

servitora1382

ministera1384

servera1425

squire of (or for) the body (or household)1450

attender1461

waitera1483

awaiter1495

tender?a1505

waiting-man1518

satellite?1520

attendant1555

sitter-byc1555

pediseque1606

asseclist?1607

tendant1614

assecle1616

fewterera1625

escudero1631

peon1638

wait1652

under spur-leather1685

body servant1689

slavey1819

tindal1859

maid-attendant1896

1685 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 83 The whole discourse both in the City, and amongst the under-spurr-leathers of the Court, is that Hambden is to die on Friday.

1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. ii. x In came a parcel of strapping Scoundrels to wait at Table, whom the topping Bullies call Under-spurleathers.

1717 J. Dennis Remarks Pope's Transl. Homer 9 A notorious Ideot,..who from an under-spur Leather to the Law, is become an under-strapper to the Play-House.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf xii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 242 I have opened house, not only for the gentry, but for the under-spur-leathers whom we must necessarily employ.

1886 Athenæum 4 Sept. 300/1 It was an imitation of Swift's..manner by one of his ‘under spur-leathers’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	spur-leather
释义	spur-leathern. Etymology: < spur n.¹ + leather n. Compare Old English spurleþer, Old High German sporleder (German spornleder), Middle Dutch spore-, spoorleder, Danish sporelæder, Swedish sporrlȧder. 1. A leather strap for securing a spur to the foot. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > art of horse-riding > use of hands and legs > using spurs > strap of spur spur-leather1616 spur-whang1684 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) ii. i, in Wks. I. 20 I could eate my very spur-lethers, for anger! 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 124 No man except he..is worth 200l. in goods ought to weare..girdle, scabberd, or spurleathers. 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 122 When the rats gnaw'd his spur-leathers. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 279 From the well-brushed hat to lower spur-leather..he justified their appreciation. 2. under spur-leather, a subordinate, an attendant, a menial. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] thanea700 yeoman1345 squirec1380 foot followera1382 handservanta1382 servitora1382 ministera1384 servera1425 squire of (or for) the body (or household)1450 attender1461 waitera1483 awaiter1495 tender?a1505 waiting-man1518 satellite?1520 attendant1555 sitter-byc1555 pediseque1606 asseclist?1607 tendant1614 assecle1616 fewterera1625 escudero1631 peon1638 wait1652 under spur-leather1685 body servant1689 slavey1819 tindal1859 maid-attendant1896 1685 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 83 The whole discourse both in the City, and amongst the under-spurr-leathers of the Court, is that Hambden is to die on Friday. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. ii. x In came a parcel of strapping Scoundrels to wait at Table, whom the topping Bullies call Under-spurleathers. 1717 J. Dennis Remarks Pope's Transl. Homer 9 A notorious Ideot,..who from an under-spur Leather to the Law, is become an under-strapper to the Play-House. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf xii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 242 I have opened house, not only for the gentry, but for the under-spur-leathers whom we must necessarily employ. 1886 Athenæum 4 Sept. 300/1 It was an imitation of Swift's..manner by one of his ‘under spur-leathers’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1616
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