éperon

French

noun
Definitions
  • spur (for riding or on a cockerel)
  • (geology) spur
  • (nautical) ram; cutwater

Etymology

Inherited from Old French esperon derived from Frankish *sporo (spur).

Origin

Frankish

*sporo

Gloss

spur

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