2. Noun. A stiff legging worn over the instep and ankles of a shoe ¹
3. Noun. Similar device for horses ¹
4. Noun. Long hair on front of lower legs of heavier horses (over the hooves), especially draft horses, notably the Clydesdale breed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spats
1. spat [v] - See also: spat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spats
Literary usage of Spats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"spats, gaiters. ... See spats. Spavin, a swelling near the joints of horses,
producing lameness. (F. — Teut. ..."
2. Sexual Science: Including Manhod, Womanhood, and Their Mutual Interrelations by Orson Squire Fowler (1870)
"LOVE-spats: TESTING EACH OTHER'S LOVE, &c. "I should like to know certainly
whether Jane really does love me, ..."
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