stirrup leather
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stirrup leather
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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The ganger was quite delighted as he took hold of the stirrup leather to make the man secure while I went in to pull out his handcuffed mate.
From The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by J. M. (Joseph Maria) Gordon
The leather should be fitted on the near side, in a similar manner to a man's stirrup leather, and be quite independent of the quarter strap.
From The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises by Vielle Moustache
Once, in desperation, he seized a stirrup leather, hoping to gain the saddle that way, and recover the bridle-rein, only to result in a nasty fall against a mopani stem.
From In the Whirl of the Rising by Bertram Mitford
Almost had we won to the high ground when I had let go his stirrup leather, and then the shoreward edge of the wave had caught me.
From King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
It differed just as riding a spirited horse does from trusting oneself, without stirrup leather or bridle rein, to the pell-mell vagaries of a frenzied runaway.
From A Pagan of the Hills by Charles Neville Buck
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