stirrup leather
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stirrup leather
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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Tired men were helped by a grip on the stirrup leather.
From Westways by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell
Thrusting the short-barreled rifle into its scabbard beneath the stirrup leather, he mounted and rode rapidly away.
From Hidden Gold by Wilder Anthony
“Let me hold on to the stirrup leather, Sellon,” said Renshaw.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Bertram Mitford
Sometimes he 'll break his stirrup leather, or he 'll come in a pound too heavy, or he'll slip the snaffle out of the mouth; for he doesn't care for his neck.
From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Charles James Lever
Later in the afternoon Billie might have been seen fixing a stirrup leather for Bud Proctor, the fourteen-year-old heir of the hotel proprietor.
From A Man Four-Square by William MacLeod Raine
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