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  • Thumbnail for Stirrup
    A stirrup is a light frame or ring that holds the foot of a rider, attached to the saddle by a strap, often called a stirrup leather. Stirrups are usually...
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    the foot to hold the pant leg in place. The band of material is often elasticized to prevent the material around the foot from tearing. Stirrup pants...
    4 KB (607 words) - 07:32, 1 November 2024
  • A stirrup is a metal loop supporting the foot, fastened to a saddle on a riding animal. Stirrup may also refer to: Baseball stirrups, a type of socks worn...
    1 KB (216 words) - 11:33, 19 February 2018
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    A stirrup pump is a portable reciprocating water pump used to extinguish or control small fires. It is operated by hand. The operator places a foot on...
    2 KB (127 words) - 02:37, 4 April 2024
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    incorporated panels of non-slip coating. For the pilot a retractable foot stirrup under the starboard root trailing edge was linked to a pair of handholds...
    79 KB (10,139 words) - 09:06, 4 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Baseball stirrups
    heel sections, instead having a loop (a stirrup) which fits within the arch of the foot. Over the years, the stirrup loop tended to get longer, exposing more...
    8 KB (1,159 words) - 10:08, 5 September 2024
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    fractures or sprains until follow-up appointment with an orthopedist. Ankle stirrup – Used for the ankles. Finger splints – Used for the fingers. A "mallet"...
    9 KB (1,038 words) - 14:13, 25 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Stirrup strap
    A stirrup strap or stirrup leather is a piece of leather or other material, that, attached to the saddle, holds the stirrup at its lower end. Each saddle...
    9 KB (967 words) - 08:57, 29 June 2024
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    prevent the rider from catching a foot in the stirrup and being dragged. The military version of this open-sided stirrup, called the shitanaga abumi, was...
    4 KB (513 words) - 22:10, 20 March 2024
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    Air Force Graham Eric Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, KG, GCB, AFC, FRAeS, FCMI (born 4 December 1949), informally known as Jock Stirrup, is a former senior Royal...
    40 KB (3,937 words) - 10:14, 15 November 2024
  • Modern Latin "stirrup", probably an alteration of Late Latin stapia related to stare "to stand" and pedem, an accusative of pes "foot", so called because...
    11 KB (1,378 words) - 22:55, 2 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Riding boot
    protect the rider's foot when on the ground[citation needed] and has a distinct heel to prevent the foot from sliding through the stirrup. The sole is smooth...
    8 KB (1,179 words) - 17:37, 23 July 2023
  • Horse tack (section Stirrups)
    covering over the front of the stirrup that keeps the foot from sliding all the way through the stirrup. The English stirrup (or "iron") has several design...
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  • Thumbnail for Great Stirrup Controversy
    The Great Stirrup Controversy is the academic debate about the Stirrup Thesis, the theory that feudalism in Europe developed largely as a result of the...
    11 KB (1,317 words) - 16:42, 4 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cowboy boot
    leather sole of the boot allowed easy insertion and removal of the foot into the stirrup of the Western saddle. The original toe was rounded and slightly...
    10 KB (1,390 words) - 20:00, 13 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
    French hussars, one of whom seizing the flag-staff, and rising in his stirrup, aimed a stroke at the head of the gallant Latham, which failed in cutting...
    52 KB (5,988 words) - 06:39, 20 September 2024
  • position. The pilot lay on top of the fuselage, and used elbow rests and foot stirrups. The aircraft had a cantilever low-wing, a fuselage consisting of a...
    5 KB (359 words) - 00:53, 16 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot
    the advantage. At this point some members of the regiment clung to the stirrups of the passing Greys so that they could reach the French troops. Corporal...
    18 KB (1,884 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2024
  • Bosun Travis Michalzik – Lead Deckhand Colin Macy-O'Toole – Deckhand Jack Stirrup – Deckhand First aired: June 1, 2020 Sandra "Sandy" Yawn – Captain Hindrigo...
    33 KB (1,804 words) - 04:19, 4 December 2024
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    keep the foot firmly in the stirrup to keep it firmly anchored. Furthermore, they have angled heels, which help to anchor the foot into the stirrup to prevent...
    18 KB (2,113 words) - 22:34, 10 November 2024
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