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Definition of Stirrup iron
1. Noun. Support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stirrup Iron
Literary usage of Stirrup iron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, Edward William Brayley (1821)
"9, bearing a. spring within the open bottom, of a stirrup-iron supporting a .
false bottom, which rises and falls ..."
2. Riding: on the Flat and Across Country: A Guide to Practical Horsemanship by Matthew Horace Hayes (1882)
"The stirrup iron may be made to open at the side (Fig. 16); have one side completely
removed ; be a gentleman's ordinary hunting stirrup ; or be of the ..."
3. The Mechanics' Magazine (1858)
"The stirrup strap ¡3 passed under n move- able bar, which is jointed at ono end
to tho stirrup iron, so that it is free to turn on its fulmini when relieved ..."
4. The Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Horse by George Stephen (1857)
"No sooner was my foot in the stirrup than, with the cunning of a monkey, he raised
his near hind foot and shoved the stirrup-iron away. ..."
5. The London Journal of Arts and Sciences by William Newton (1839)
"10, is a side representation of a stirrup iron, with the piece or block of India
rubber ... 11, is a section of the same ; a, is the ordinary stirrup iron, ..."
6. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1839)
"10, is a side representation of a stirrup iron, with the piece or block of India
rubber ... 11, is a section of the same ; a, is the ordinary stirrup iron, ..."
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