[f. SPUR sb.1 + MAKER. Cf. MDu. spor-, MDu. and Du. spoormaker, sporenmaker, G. spor(e)nmacher, Da. sporemager, Sw. sporrmaker.] One who makes spurs; a spurrier.

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1586.  T. B., La Primaud. Fr. Acad., I. 698. So consequently armorers,… spur-makers, smithes, and such like, are necessarie.

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1598.  Florio, Speronaro, a spurrier or spurmaker.

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1676.  Dunfermline Kirk Session Rec. (1865), 68. A complaint against Wm bell spurrmaker.

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1686.  Plot, Staffordsh., 376. The Head or Spurt-maker that makes the body of the Spurr … with swan-necks.

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1708.  J. Chamberlayne, Pres. St. Gt. Brit. (1710), 23. Rippon [is noted] for Clothiers and Spur-makers.

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1797.  Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3), XV. 37/1. [Silver-] Plating … is said to have been invented by a spur-maker..

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1881.  Instr. Census Clerks (1885), 57. Harness:… Spring Bar Maker, Spur Maker.

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