stirrup
Example Sentences
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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
"Ultimately, technology emerging from Mongolia has, through a domino effect, ended up shaping the horse culture that we have in America today, especially our traditions of saddlery and stirrups," Taylor said.
From Science Daily
I remember the saddled and riderless horse with the big black boots stuck backwards in the stirrups.
From Los Angeles Times
When my feet were comfortably positioned in stirrups, she offered three words: “Rest is resistance,” taken from the title of the book by Tricia Hersey of the Nap Ministry.
From Los Angeles Times
She used the high saddle and robust stirrups to hold herself steady.
From Literature
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