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stirrup
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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stirrup the device probably originated in the Asian steppes around the 2nd century
bc, and was of great military value. The word comes (in Old English) from the Germanic base of obsolete
sty ‘climb’ +
rope, indicating that the original stirrup must have been a looped rope.
hold the stirrup (as in helping a person to mount) indicates an expression of homage or reverence.
stirrup cup a cup of wine or other alcoholic drink offered to a person on horseback who is about to depart on a journey.
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Stirrup STUFF
Newspaper article from: The Billings Gazette; 3/25/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...patented the breakaway stirrups and incorporated their...a sharp angle, the stirrup releases, somewhat...sell, the breakaway stirrup for 10 years. He rides...said, adding that the stirrups work especially well...pen. McCoy said his stirrup adds another measure...
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Stirrup Leaders E-Z UP Stirrup Extender and LegSaver Stirrup Swivels Join Forces.
PR Newswire; 7/30/2003; 700+ words
; ...steel extender that drops the stirrup down three inches for ease...horse. LegSaver produces a stirrup swivel that takes the pain...feeling of having swivels on both stirrups. Horse riders in a test market...Bill Mullenbach of E-Z UP Stirrup Extender Co., Inc. (702...
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Comfortable In The Saddle: Seaside inventor uses horse sense to improve stirrups.
Newspaper article from: Monterey County Herald (Monterey, CA); 9/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...always work. Some stirrups have spring snaps...first before the stirrup gives way. "Why...quest is a set of stirrups with precision...rider to set the stirrup at a 45-degree...after using his stirrups, which he attributes...offers a swiveling stirrup with flexible bows...
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Bucs' Morgan still in the stirrup game
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 4/26/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...hand -- or one stirrup-covered foot...the early 1990s, stirrups have virtually disappeared...major leagues wore stirrups. They are commonplace...production baseball stirrup mill remains, in...while the overlaying stirrup sported the team...pants, socks or stirrups. Some players ...
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No Stirrups Preferred for Pelvic Exam
Magazine article from: Journal of the National Medical Association; 11/1/2006; ; 632 words
; ...concealed allocation, to an examination using either stirrups or no stirrups. The stirrups were used to hold the legs at a 30-45-degree angle off the table. Women in the no-stirrup group were placed at the very end of the table...
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Stirrup the right in Prince William!
Magazine article from: Human Events; 10/13/2003; ; 574 words
; John T. Stirrup has long been a well-known insider among...budget by two-thirds in eight years. Stirrup went on to serve as top aide to one of...around to listing "power couples," Stirrup and wife Heidi, herself a high-powered...
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Pelvic Exams Without Stirrups May Improve Women's Health, Says Harvard Women's Health Watch
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 9/27/2006; 594 words
; ...about being asked to place her feet up in metal stirrups. Still, the stirrups position is thought to afford the best view of...Women's Health Watch. In a randomized trial of stirrups versus no stirrups for routine gynecological exams...
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Stirrups for Lithotomy posturing.(FOCUS ON: OR Tables & Accessories)
Newspaper article from: Surgical Products; 1/1/2009; 438 words
; ...exposure of a candy-cane stirrup with the patient safety of a booted stirrup. Traditional candy-cane stirrups are preferred for high...site access. The ABC Stirrup combines the best features of these two stirrups, providing safe patient...
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Stirrups for Lithotomy posturing.(FOCUS ON: O.R. Tables & Accessories)
Newspaper article from: Surgical Products; 9/1/2008; 439 words
; ...exposure of a candy-cane stirrup with the patient safety of a booted stirrup. Traditional candy-cane stirrups are preferred for high...site access. The ABC Stirrup combines the best features of these two stirrups, providing safe patient...
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Stirrups for Lithotomy posturing.(PRODUCT SHOWCASE: Patient Positioning Products)
Newspaper article from: Surgical Products; 7/1/2008; 436 words
; ...exposure of a candy-cane stirrup with the patient safety of a booted stirrup. Traditional candy-cane stirrups are preferred for high...site access. The ABC Stirrup combines the best features of these two stirrups, providing safe patient...
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stirrup
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of having a foot caught in a stirrup if the rider is thrown, large stirrups are often used; one of the uses of the stirrup cover or stirrup hood is to prevent the foot...There is some evidence that stirrups were used in Assyria c.850...
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stirrups
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
stirrups, the name given to the short ropes which hang from the yards of square-rigged sailing ships and support at intervals the footropes on which the topmen stand when working on the sails aloft. For illus. see yard .
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stirrup cup
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
stirrup cup A hot punch traditionally served to the huntsmen at the start of a hunt.
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Cowboy Boots
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...requirements of working in stirrups. Narrow toes made it...their feet in and out of stirrups while mounting and dismounting...the way through the stirrup and getting caught there...reduced chafing from stirrup leathers, and the boots...make standing in the stirrups less strenuous. All...
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Bagel
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...town, the grateful townspeople clung to his stirrups—called breugels. The king had a baker fashion bread in the shape of Sobieski's stirrups as a tribute. Eventually the stirrup-shaped breugel became round and was known...
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