Meanings of steep spur in English

This continues for about half a mile, then it ascends a steep spur.

A small plain of coarse grass was bounded by the steep spur of a rise.

The little village of Wangat, perched upon a steep spur above the river, was woefully deficient of anything like a good camping-ground.

Our chamber was high up, in a projecting wing of a sort of castle, built out on a steep spur of rock.

When they had gone a bit farther, they came under a steep spur of rock, and up above they heard something digging and shovelling.

When they had gone on a bit farther, their road passed under a steep spur of rock, where they heard something digging and shovelling.

Below, precipices on the river forced us to the heights, which we ascended by a steep spur 2,000 feet high.

So when they had gone a bit farther, they came under a steep spur of rock, and up there they heard something digging and shovelling.

So when they had gone a bit farther, they came under a steep spur of rock, and up there they heard something digging and shoveling.

A long V-shaped valley opens to the south-east between steep spurs of a double-peaked range.

Some low steep spurs were well cultivated, though the angle of the field was upwards of 25°; the crops, chiefly maize, were just sprouting.

Some low steep spurs were well cultivated, though the angle of the field was upwards of 25 degrees; the crops, chiefly maize, were just sprouting.