stirrup
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A safety stirrup, which creates a step out of a leash, may be helpful.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 8, 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
A white sanitary sock under a stirrup, though, could prevent infection.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2016
Booth lies back and lets him, even though he knows he will no longer be able to slip his left foot into a stirrup.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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