Stirrup
['stɪrəp]
Definition
(noun.) support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go.
Inputed by Diego--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body.
(v. i.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron.
(v. i.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
Typist: Maura
Definition
n. a ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding: a rope secured to a yard having a thimble in its lower end for reeving a foot-rope.—ns. Stirr′up-cup a cup taken by one who is departing on horseback; Stirr′up-ī′ron the ring of iron attached to the stirrup-leather to receive the foot; Stirr′up-leath′er -strap the strap of leather that supports a stirrup.
Inputed by Hahn
Examples
- Brian de Bois-Guilbert rolled on the field, encumbered with the stirrup, from which he was unable to draw his foot. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Both Knights broke their lances fairly, but Front-de-Boeuf, who lost a stirrup in the encounter, was adjudged to have the disadvantage. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This was tied across the saddle and at each end it was lashed to the stirrup leathers. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Give her to me, Fitzurse, and I will maintain her as fits her rank, with the help of lance and stirrup, said De Bracy. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Next, it was a bright idea to put a stirrup on this end, in order to hold it with the foot. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Mrs. Sparsit took her foot out of her stirrup, and said, 'Mr. Bounderby, sir! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He looked through the trees to where Primitivo, holding the reins of the horse, was twisting the rider's foot out of the stirrup. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Through the trees he saw where the gray horse had stopped and was standing, his rider still hanging face down from the stirrup. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Mrs. Sparsit netting at the fireside, in a side-saddle attitude, with one foot in a cotton stirrup. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mrs. Sparsit sat by the fire, with her foot in her cotton stirrup, little thinking whither she was posting. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I can go, Mr. Bounderby, if you wish it,' said that self-sacrificing lady, making a feint of taking her foot out of the stirrup. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The bit, the saddle, the stirrup, these are not primitive things, but they are necessary if man and horse are to keep going for long stretches. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He raised himself in his stirrups with an air of inexpressible dignity, and exclaimed, What means this, my masters! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Smith happened to have an extra horse at Bruinsburg which I borrowed, with a saddle-tree without upholstering further than stirrups. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checker: Merle