| 单词 | scotch spur |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch spur Scotch spur n. now historical a prick spur; (Heraldry) a representation of this as a charge. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of weapons or armour > [noun] > spur Scotch spur1662 spur1688 1662 A. Brome Rump (new ed.) 178 Methinks a Rump should go as well with a Scotch spur, as with a Switch. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. vii. 304/1 He beareth Gules, a Scotch Spur, Or. 1847 H. Gough Gloss. Terms Brit. Heraldry 293 The Scotch or prick-spur has a spike instead of a rowel. 2004 B. M. A. Ellis & G. Egan in J. Clark Medieval Horse & its Equipm., c.1150–c.1450 (ed. 2) 129/1 They [sc. prick spurs] were to have a brief fashionable revival in England during the mid-seventeenth century, when they were sometimes called ‘scotch’ spurs. < as lemmas |
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