Stirrups

Word STIRRUPS
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Definitions and meanings of "Stirrups"

What do we mean by stirrups?

A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.

(by extension) Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.

A stapes.

A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.

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The word "stirrups" in example sentences

Last week when I was at the OB/GYN, my feet up in stirrups ... um, well, my doc looked at them and said, "Just get the damn surgery, Pari." ❋ Unknown (2006)

Although my feet were in stirrups and I was still fully dressed from the waist up, with a paper sheet covering my privates, I blushed, flattered by the comment. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Women DO NOT need to be flat on a table with their legs in stirrups. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The stirrups were a bit high for him, but strong arms pulled him to where he could get his feet into them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I got a new saddle, and the stirrups were a little long. ❋ Ty Murray (2003)

The stirrups were a little long for her, he bent to shorten them to her comfort, and then she saw him look up furtively and flash her a grin, and she knew that he, too, had fathomed what was going on, and shared her secret laughter. ❋ Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 (1979)

Before mounting your horse always examine carefully your saddle and bridle to see that the girths are tight, that the bridle is properly buckled, and the stirrups are the proper length. ❋ Claude H. Miller (N/A)

He was wearing rope-soled shoes and the stirrups were a little too short; his submachine gun was slung over his shoulder, his pockets were full of clips and he was sitting reloading the one used clip, the reins under one arm, tight, watching Pilar mount into a strange sort of seat on top of the duffle lashed onto the saddle of the buckskin. ❋ Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 (1940)

They wheeled their horses round, and Manlius standing in his stirrups was the first to get in a second stroke; he thrust his lance between the horse's ears. ❋ Unknown (1905)

Howsomever, this man didn't sit it out; what he wanted of a saddle beyond the stirrups was a mystery, for he never touched it. ❋ Henry Wallace Phillips (1899)

I should be happy to see my poems out even by next week, and I shall continue in stirrups, that is, shall not dismount my Pegasus, till Monday morning, at which time you will have to thank God for having done with ❋ Cottle, Joseph (1847)

Their saddles are made of wood, sometimes of elk horn and wood, covered with raw hide, which renders them very durable and strong; their stirrups are also composed of wood. ❋ Unknown (1844)

I should be happy to see my poems out even by next week, and I shall continue in stirrups, that is, shall not dismount my Pegasus, till Monday morning, at which time you will have to thank God for having done with your affectionate friend always, but author evanescent, ❋ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1803)

The other riders were very good so lesson was very advanced: like an ordinary tough lesson for me, but with no stirrups, meaning everything depended on the correctness and strength of my seat, which is neither very correct nor very strong right now. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the big leagues, the half-moons of the game's "stirrups" are in deep eclipse. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then you put your feet up in the air in devices called stirrups, but don’t be fooled by the name. ❋ Dawn Meehan (2010)

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