sperone — meaning in English

English meaning

buttress noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
ram noun An adult male sheep.
spur noun A spiked device worn on a rider's boot heel to urge a horse forward.

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.

noun A support made of brick, concrete or stone, set against a structure to hold it up.
noun Something that gives support or strength to another thing.
noun In botany, a wide, flat root that spreads out from the base of a tree trunk to help hold it up.
noun A part of a mountain or rock face that sticks out sharply.

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.