See also:

• STIRRUP (O. Eng. slirap, stigrap, M. Eng. stirop,styrope,&c.,i.e. a mounting or climbing-rope; O. Eng. stigan, to mount, climb, and rap, rope, cf. Du. stijbeugel, literally mounting bow or loop, Ger. Steigbugel)

STIRRUP (O. Eng. slirap, stigrap, M. Eng. stirop,styrope,&c.,i.e. a mounting or climbing-rope; O. Eng. stigan, to See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

mount, climb, and See also:

• RAP

rap, rope, cf. Du. stijbeugel, literally mounting See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow or See also:

• LOOP

loop, Ger. Steigbugel)  , a See also:

• LOOP

loop usually of See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal, suspended by an adjustable strap from the See also:

• SADDLE (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

saddle and used as a support for the See also:

• FOOT

foot of a rider of a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse when seated in the saddle and as an aid in mounting . The earliest use of stirrups seems to have been in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East, for they are mentioned in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese literature and examples which must be earlier than the 7th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D. have been found in See also:

• JAPAN

Japan . The Greeks and See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans did not use them but mounted by vaulting or from a mounting See also:

• BLOCK
• BLOCK (from the Fr. bloc, and possibly connected with an Old Ger. Block, obstruction, cf. " baulk ")
• BLOCK, MAURICE (1816–19or)

block (see See also:

• SADDLERY

SADDLERY AND See also:

• HARNESS (from O. Fr. harneis or harnois; the ultimate origin is obscure; the Celtic origin which connects it with the Welsh haiarn, iron, has phonetic and other difficulties; the French is the origin of the Span. arnes, and Ger. Harnisch)

HARNESS) . The earliest See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of their use in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe is in the See also:

• ART

Art of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice (A.D . 582-602) . They were probably brought into use by the See also:

• NOMAD (Gr. voµas, voµabes, wandering)

nomad horsemen of See also:

• ASIA

Asia . The See also:

• STIRRUP (O. Eng. slirap, stigrap, M. Eng. stirop,styrope,&c.,i.e. a mounting or climbing-rope; O. Eng. stigan, to mount, climb, and rap, rope, cf. Du. stijbeugel, literally mounting bow or loop, Ger. Steigbugel)

stirrup of the early See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages seems to have been See also:

• LIGHT

light and semicircular or triangular in shape . By the 14th century the footplate became broader and the sides heavier and ornamented . By the 16th century this ornamentation increases and open metal-See also:

• WORK

work is used . The Arab stirrup is very large, affording a See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest for the entire See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole of the foot; sometimes the See also:

• HEEL

heel See also:

• PART

part projects and terminates in a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp point used as a See also:

• SPUR (A.S. spura, spora, related to spornan, spurnan, to kick, spurn; cf. M.H.G. sporn, mod. Ger. Sporn)

spur . See the plates in F . Hotteuroth, Trachten, Haus- Feld- and Kriegsgerathschaften, &c .

(1901); and R . Zschille, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Steigbiigel in ihrer Formen-Entwicklung (1896) .