Stirrups in a sentence

Similarly, the Nacogdoches saddle ends up being more expensive if the cost of a saddlebag and Hooded Stirrups are included.

This saddle lacked stirrups, preventing riders from accurately shooting arrows, so the study authors suggest this saddle was designed for a rider who herded animals.

It was a little tough getting back in the saddle, what with the pulled hamstring but figured a few hours going downhill would be good for it – lot of weight in the stirrups.

When the doctor entered, she was very kind and said a quick hello before instructing me to place my feet in the stirrups and scoot myself to the edge.

Later, she returned to consciousness with her feet in metal stirrups and a speculum inside of her, cold and foreign.

The equipment and supplies, which have already been put into use by the hospital, include a ventilator, DVT (deep vein thrombosis) pumps, pneumatic cuff, eyesheets, stirrups and larascope.

A racing saddle is like a modified serviette; now he’s getting accustomed to a proper saddle and a rider’s legs dangling down both sides instead of being hoisted high up in stirrups.

He believes that America does truly run on Dunkin, March is the best month, baseball teams should always wear stirrups, and being down 3-1, in anything, is never cause for concern.

After using this infantry force by itself at Tours, he studied the foe's forces and further adapted to them, initially using stirrups and saddles recovered from the foe's dead horses, and armour from the dead horsemen.

Also, the Evenks traditionally did not use stirrups but used a stick to balance (31-32).

At this time, the principal cavalry schools of Europe at Pinerolo and Tor-di-Quinto in Italy, the French school in Saumur, and the Spanish school in Vienna all preferred to use a very deep seat with long stirrups when jumping.

His legs were short, to the point that the stirrups of his saddle were mounted just one palm under it.

History of Islam (Vol 3) By Akbar Shah Najeebabadi, pg. 330 Ismail's horsemen were ill-equipped with most having wooden stirrups while some had no shields or lances.

In the 11th century, after the adoption of stirrups and a high-cantled saddle, the spear became a decidedly more powerful weapon.

M. The New History of the World Prior to Tours, stirrups may have been unknown in the west.

Recent evidence has suggested, however, that the lance charge was effective without the benefit of stirrups.

Rollings, Deer (2004) p 28 Stiff rawhide was fashioned into saddles, stirrups and cinches, knife cases, buckets, and moccasin soles.

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.

They rode with no stirrups or saddles, just saddle-cloths.

Wellesley then stood up in Copenhagen 's stirrups, and waved his hat in the air to signal an advance of the Allied line just as the Prussians were overrunning the French positions to the east.