sperone — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
sperone is used for these senses in English:
- beakhead (nautical) A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship.
- buttress (architecture) A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- buttress (by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- buttress (climbing) A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
- dewclaw A vestigial digit, hoof or claw that does not reach the ground.
- ram (military, nautical, mostly, historical) A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.
- spur A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
- spur Any protruding part connected at one end, for instance a highway that extends from another highway into a city.
buttress — full definition
- noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- noun A buttress root.
- noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.
ram — full definition
- noun An adult male sheep.
- noun A heavy tool or device used to batter, force, or strike something, or the act of striking with such force.
- verb To crash into something forcefully, or to force something into place by pushing or pounding.