Spates vs Spats - What's the difference?
spates | spats |
A stiff legging worn over the instep and ankles of a shoe
Similar device for horses
Long hair on front of lower legs of heavier horses (over the hooves), especially draft horses, notably the Clydesdale breed.
As nouns the difference between spates and spats
is that spates is plural of spate while spats is plural of lang=en.spats
English
(wikipedia spats)Noun
(head)Antonyms
* (horsehair) feather, feathers, feathering, horsefeathersReferences
*Cowboy Dictionary] – [http://www.cowboyway.com/Dictionary/Letter-F.htm Cowboy F: Feather