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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)

This article appears in Volume V25, Page 929 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: STE-SUS
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) , a loop usually of metal, suspended by an adjustable strap from the saddle and used as a support for the foot of a rider of a horse when seated in the saddle and as an aid in mounting. The earliest use of stirrups seems to have been in the
East
 , for they are mentioned in early Chinese literature and examples which must be earlier than the 7th century A.D. have been found in Japan. The Greeks and Romans did not use them but mounted by vaulting or from a mounting
block
  (see SADDLERY AND
HARNESS
 ). The earliest evidence of their use in Europe is in the Art of War of the emperor Maurice (A.D. 582-602). They were probably brought into use by the
nomad
  horsemen of
Asia
 . The stirrup of the early middle ages seems to have been 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-
work
  is used. The Arab stirrup is very large, affording a rest for the entire sole of the foot; sometimes the heel
part
  projects and terminates in a
sharp
  point used as a spur.
See the plates in F. Hotteuroth, Trachten, Haus- Feld- and Kriegsgerathschaften, &c. (1901); and R. Zschille, Die Steigbiigel in ihrer Formen-Entwicklung (1896).


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