stirrup

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 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

I loved stirrup pants with booties so the stirrup didn't show, and over sized sweaters.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 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

In a second he was up again—the Wart was convinced that the spectacles must be broken—and hopping round the white horse with one foot in the stirrup.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

"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 ● Dec. 12, 2023

I remember the saddled and riderless horse with the big black boots stuck backwards in the stirrups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2023

The clinic told her she could have a medication abortion involving pills rather than a surgical one involving stirrups.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023

Her clinic has three patient beds and a birthing room with a bare mattress, stirrups and a single IV pole.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2023

I strapped my travelsack into a saddlebag, checked the cinch and stirrups, then swung myself up onto Keth-Selhan’s back.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss