stirrup leather

American  

noun

1. the strap that holds the stirrup of a saddle.

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Etymology

Origin of stirrup leather

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

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stirrup leather

We rode for a half-mile in silence with only the cuppy thud of hoofs on the soft earth, the creaking of stirrup leather and the clink of bit rings.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville

Now dismount and pretend to be mending the stirrup leather.

From The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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 Raine, William MacLeod

Little Jim almost tumbled from his pony in his eagerness to ride Joshua, his father's horse, with the big saddle and rope and the carbine under the stirrup leather.

From Partners of Chance by Knibbs, Henry Herbert

At length, by help of his stirrup leather, he managed to get Charley up behind him.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various