stirrups
- plural of stirrup.
Example Sentences
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Archaeologists have typically considered modern-day China the birthplace of the first frame saddles and stirrups -- with some finds dating back to the 5th to 6th Century C.E. or even earlier.
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
‘Where’s your polish? I’ll help with the stirrups.’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
