Spur (disambiguation)

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

Spur may also refer to:

In fauna:

Spur (horse), an American thoroughbred racehorse
Spur (zoology), an outgrowth of bone covered in a sheath of horn
Bone spurs, skeletal disorder forming small bony outgrowth along joint margins
- Heel spur, a thin spike of calcification in the human foot
- A condition such as plantar fasciitis, in which "spurs" develop on certain parts of a bone

In flora:

Spur (botany), an elongated appendage of certain sepals
Spur (vine), one-year-old wood of a grapevine that is pruned back to leave just one or two buds to be used for next year's crop of grapes

In geography:

Spur (topography), a mountain ridge projecting laterally from a main mountain or mountain range
Spur, Texas, United States
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

In organizations:

SPUR (magazine), a student magazine in Adelaide, Australia
San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, a non-profit research, education, and advocacy organization
Gruppe SPUR, a German artistic collaboration, and their journal of the same name
Spur Steak Ranches, a chain of steakhouses in South Africa
Spur gas, North American gas stations operated by Murphy Oil

In Sports:

Tottenham Hotspur F.C., an association football team based in North London, England
The San Antonio Spurs, a National Basketball Association team based in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
The Chancellor's Spurs, a traveling trophy awarded to the winner of the college football game between Texas Tech University and the University of Texas at Austin
The Witbank Spurs, an association football club from South Africa
SPURS National Honor Society, a collegiate sophomore honor-service society in the United States

In other:

Spur (architecture), the ornament carved on the angles of the bases of early columns
Spur (typography), a small continuation of part of a printed letter, especially an uppercase G
Spur, or a spurious tone, a tone in an electronic circuit which interferes with a signal
Spur, or trace (linear algebra), sum of the elements on the main diagonal
Spur Award, an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America
Spur gear, the simplest and probably most common type of gear
Spurs (short story), a short story by Tod Robbins that served as the basis of the film Freaks

See also