Stirrups

DT Leslie Stirrups, who played in nine games last year after transferring from East Mississippi Community College, has been dismissed from the team because of violation of team rules.

Around the BigEast Conference 2010

Stirrups, hot wax and approximation of self at age seven: all an easy sell.

Spring 2010

Stirrups hold suit in place for easy on and off of waders.

Five Flyfishing gifts under $100 Tim Romano 2007

“Stirrups were unknown till long after the Christian era began.”

On Horsemanship 2007

I'm walking because however many prostate or testicular cancer leaflets the GP puts out, almost no men ask for a check of any kind, and they certainly don't get regular letters saying "The Stirrups Await."

A Reminder, to me and you both ailbhe 2006

Stirrups allowed cavalrymen to more effectively hurl lances, since the riders were able to brace their feet.

Time for Yesterday A. C. Crispin 1990

Stirrups depended from the lateral sticks that kept the V's in position.

Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Edwin Eastman

Stirrups are lengthened or shortened, girths tightened, restive horses led away to unobserved corners where their owners can try to mount without being seen by the assembled multitude.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various

Stirrups were dangerous entanglements, and when we grew up to the saddle our stirrups had leather guards to prevent the ankle from slipping through and hanging.

With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914

Stirrups among sepulchral remains; bridle, harness and (ill.)

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886