spur-shore n OED spur sb1 12 b (1846 naut quot). A stout post, often placed diagonally to support wharf, fishing-stage, etc; SHORE2.
1792 CARTWRIGHT Gloss i, xv ~s. Very long shores, to support the wall-plate of the roof of a codstage. T 14/16-64 Piles is drove today so close as they can go, but for the old-time wharf it was strouters a couple of feet apart. And spur-shores, we used to call them, would go at an angle from, say the east side of the wharf and the ends will rest on the west side [so] the wharf can't shift from east to west. P 127-76 ~s. Beams which are attached diagonally across the vertical supporting shores of a wharf. P 245-78 If the pile [of dried fish] shows signs of falling one way, a spur shore (post) may be placed against that part to hold it up.
