Noun
A stiff legging worn over the instep and ankles of a shoe.
Coordinate term: gaiter
A similar device for horses.
Long hair on front of lower legs of heavier horses (over the hooves), especially draft horses, notably the Clydesdale breed.
Antonyms: feather, feathers, feathering, horsefeathers
spats
plural of spat
Disputes over rights of some oil and gas blocks have caused brief diplomatic spats between Myanmar and India with Bangladesh. Source: Internet
But there’s a danger such spats end up hiding bigger injustices, muting more writers than they enable and taking up literary coverage that could be used to draw attention to all the brilliant, overlooked writing that has not come from the usual suspects.” Source: Internet
Cowley was succeeded the following quarter by the Irish short story specialist Frank O'Connor ; frequent spats between O'Connor and Kesey ultimately precipitated his departure from the class. Source: Internet
And interestingly, when it was put in place by the last FCC head some stuff magically fixed themselves like the Verizon lack of ports to serve their customers in that Netflix case and other petty spats. Source: Internet
Oil spats never do, no matter how acrimonious they appear while underway. Source: Internet
Craig Revel Horwood dishes dirt on Shirley Ballas and Brendan Cole feud: 'SO many spats' Source: Internet