footspur noun3 •A spur or spike projecting from the foot, such as that worn to prod a horse, or that occurring naturally on some birds, such as roosters.Slag here lifted the footspur to dash its brains out, as he had been enjoined; but the type of harmlessness, being now rested, escaped its new, and, shall we say, more irrational enemy, by flight. — 1855 •A crosspiece on a boat against which the rower braces his or her feet; stretcher.Charles then grabbed a floating footspur, and threatened him with a beating if he did not pull at once for the shore. — 1923 •A foothill that shoots from a mountain or range in a perpendicular direction.A footspur of Tantalus Hill seeks ineffectually to bar the entrance to Manoa's grateful shades and inviting solitudes. — 1865 formsfootspurs
