单词 | spur-maker |
释义 | spur-makern. One who makes spurs; a spurrier. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > spur-maker lorimerc1230 spurrier1389 spurrer1499 spur-maker1586 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 751 So consequently Armorers,..Spur-makers, Smithes and such like, are necessarie. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Speronaro, a spurrier or spurmaker. 1676 Dunfermline Kirk Session Rec. (1865) 68 A complaint against Wm bell spurrmaker. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. ix. 376 The Head or Spurr-maker that makes the body of the Spurr..with swan-necks. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1710) 23 Rippon [is noted] for Clothiers and Spur~makers. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 37/1 [Silver-] Plating..is said to have been invented by a spur-maker. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 57 Harness:..Spring Bar Maker, Spur Maker. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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