spur-royal

English

Alternative forms

• spur-rial, spur-ryal

Noun

spur-royal (plural spur-royals)

1. (historical) A former English gold coin, first made in the reign of Edward IV, when it was worth ten shillings, and worth fifteen shillings during Mary I and Elizabeth I's reign. It had a star on the reverse.

References

• “spur-royal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.