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stirrup

[stur-uhp, stir-, stuhr-] / ˈstɜr əp, ˈstɪr-, ˈstʌr- /


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At the farm, he leaves a foot between rows of Allium to allow for easy weeding with the six-inch blade of a stirrup hoe.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2024

The aptly named stapes looks very much like a stirrup.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The stitching stiffened the shaft, while the smooth sole and high heel let the foot slide easily into the stirrup and remain there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 21, 2018

Kelly Forman said she became a recluse after suffering a spinal injury and brain damage in a June 2011 fall after Mark Henkin fitted her horse with a defective stirrup.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2018

Aragorn dismounted and set Merry on the ground, and drawing his sword he stood by the king’s stirrup.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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