spur-leather

plural spur-leathers

1. A leather strap for attaching a spur to a boot.

   1862, The Groom, London: Houlston & Wright, The Industrial Library, Chapter 4, p. 44, […] the groom should see that […] the spur leathers [are] attached as soon as the spurs are cleaned. It is very annoying to have a general hunt for spur-leathers five minutes before mounting.

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   ’Sdeath, he mads me, I could eate my very spur-lethers, for anger!

   1598, Ben Jonson, edited by Percy Simpson, Every Man in His Humour, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1919, act II, scene 1, page 26

   I have a brother lives there, Sir, he is A Shoe-maker, and lately sent me post A patterne of the finest Spur-leather; I was so admir’d at Court.

   1643, William Davenant, The Unfortunate Lovers, London: Francis Coles, act III, scene 1, page 26

   The wide spur leathers are to protect the boot from chafing on the stirrups.

   1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 9, in Camp and Trail, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., page 154