Spur (disambiguation)

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

Spur may also refer to:

• Features of plants, animals, and humans, including:
  • Spur, a sharp horny growth on the leg of some animals, especially roosters, male pheasants and other male birds of the Galliformes
  • Spur, a sharp poisoned growth on the hind legs of male platypuses
  • Heel spur, a thin spike of calcification in the human foot
  • Spur (biology), in botany, an elongated appendage of certain sepals
• Geographical and cartographical features, including:
  • Spur (mountain), a mountain ridge projecting laterally from a main mountain or mountain range
  • 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, parent route. They often provide trail users access to nearby resources or desirable destinations.
• Several organizations, including:
  • SPUR, the acronym for the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association
  • Gruppe SPUR, a German artistic collaboration, and their journal of the same name
  • Spur Steak Ranches, a chain of steakhouses in South Africa
  • Spur Award, an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America
  • Spur gas stations in North America operated by Murphy Oil

• Spur, a small continuation of part of a printed letter, especially an uppercase G
• Spur (architecture), the ornament carved on the angles of the bases of early columns
• Spur, another name for a spurious tone in electronics
• Spur, alternative name for Trace (linear algebra)
• Spur gear, the simplest and probably most common type of gear
• Spur, Texas, a United States city
• Spur (horse) - American Thoroughbred racehorse

See also

• All pages beginning with "spur"
• All pages with titles containing "spur"
• Spurs (disambiguation)
• Spurr (disambiguation)
• Spurt (disambiguation)