spurring

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of spur

noun

1. An application of the spurs to a horse.

   “On arriving at a sand plain, my friend's joy burst forth in sundry useless checks and spurrings of his steed, impatient of which the horse dashed forward, heedless of the cries and struggles of his awkward rider to bring him to a halt!”