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Stirrup meaning
A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding. | Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc. | Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
Synonyms of Stirrup
Example sentences (16)
The stirrup irons are heavier than most, and the stirrup leathers are wider and thicker, for added safety when the player stands in the stirrups.
Stirrup is not the only Republican office-seeker or elected official in Virginia to be caught on tape expressing support for the most extreme abortion restrictions.
Karen Francoeur, a registered Maine sea kayak guide and owner of Castine Kayak Adventures, holds up a stirrup, which is a simple ladder made of floating rope that’s used for entering a kayak in the water.
Equine guests helped 'stirrup' some excitement when they visited a care home last week.
At Stirrup House, Aires' representative said the new project will be decorated in Bahamian style, with wood floors, wallpaper, and antique-style bathtubs.
But the introduction of the wraparound saddle during the Middle Ages provided greater efficiency in mounted shock combat and the important invention of the stirrup enabled a broader array of attacks to be delivered from the back of a horse.
General life themes are portrayed on wall panels such as the way horses were reined, the type of stirrup used, the depiction of dancers, musicians, instrumentalists, and rows of animals such as lions and elephants (where no two animals are identical).
He certainly made a poor figure on a horseback, with his stirrup leather six inches too short, putting his knees nearly level with his horse's back, and his heels turned out with his toes sticking behind his horse's foreshoulder.
He managed to free himself from the stirrup, but while lying on the ground "The Lion of the North" was killed by another shot through his head.
In the summer of 1663, he read Wingate's Canon, William Oughtred 's Canon, and Thomas Stirrup's Art of Dialling.
Now let the stirrup go!
Other precautions are done with stirrup design itself.
Pilot access to the cockpit was aided by a retractable " stirrup " mounted below the trailing edge of the port wing.
The English stirrup (or "iron") has several design variations which are either shaped to allow the rider's foot to slip out easily or are closed with a very heavy rubber band.
The ossicles were given their Latin names for their distinctive shapes; they are also referred to as the hammer, anvil, and stirrup, respectively.
This construction allows greater freedom of movement for the rider when in jumping position and allows a shorter stirrup, allowing the rider to lighten the seat on the horse.