stirrup
noun
a loop, ring, or other contrivance of metal, wood, leather, etc., suspended from the saddle of a horse to support the rider's foot.
stirrups
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pluralof stirrup.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It bears traces of red paint with black trim and includes two leather straps that likely once supported stirrups.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2023
I remember the saddled and riderless horse with the big black boots stuck backwards in the stirrups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2023
Her clinic has three patient beds and a birthing room with a bare mattress, stirrups and a single IV pole.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2023
For the biopsy, she was placed in stirrups and given a spinal epidural to numb the area.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
Jockey Johnny Long- den was once rammed in midrace, knocked from his stirrups and sent flying downward in front of a pack of horses.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
