Spur (disambiguation)

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

Spur may also refer to:

* Spur, a sharp horny growth on the leg of some animals, especially roosters, male pheasants and other male birds of the Galliformes; also male platypuses have poisoned spurs on their hind legs.
* Spur, small continuation of part of a letter, especially in uppercase Gs. See G for examples of spurred and spurless Gs (where the spurred G is above Basic in the label Basic Latin Alphabet).
* Spur (architecture), the ornament carved on the angles of the base of early columns
* Spur (biology), in botany, an elongated appendage of certain sepals
* Spur (mountain), a mountain ridge projecting laterally from the main mountain or mountain range
* Spur Steak Ranches, a chain of steakhouses in South Africa
* Trace (linear algebra)
* Spur gear, the simplest, and probably most common, type of gear
* Spur Award, an annual literary prize awarded by the Western Writers of America.
* Heel spur, a thin spike of calcification seen in X-rays of the human foot, often seen in sufferers from plantar fasciitis
* Spur line, in railroading, a relatively short railway that leads from the main line of a railroad to some destination offset from the main line
* Spur route, a short road forming a branch from a longer, more important route (typically a major road, freeway, interstate highway or motorway)
* Spur, Texas, a United States city

ee also

* Spurs
* Spurr