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The metal loop that turned riders into a cavalry that could topple empires.
means A loop of metal, leather, or wood hung from each side of a saddle to support a rider's foot.
from From Old English 'stigrap,' a compound of 'stige' (climbing, mounting — related to the verb 'stigan,' to climb) and 'rap' (rope). Literally a 'climbing-rope': the earliest stirrups were quite plausibly just a looped cord to haul yourself up onto a horse, long before they became the rigid metal foot-loops that anchored armored riders and reshaped warfare.
- war machine
- Stirrups enabled lance charges that birthed medieval knighthood
- late arrival
- Romans conquered without them; arrived around 4th century China
- inner ear
- Your smallest bone is named the stapes, Latin for stirrup
- two-word ladder
- Comes from Old English meaning climbing rope
- gym afterlife
- Lives on in pant straps and ballet legwear
flexfoot cheetah prosthetic — carbon fiber blade prosthetic designed by van phillips in 1984, enables amputees to run at competitive speeds
pacer dental implant — titanium dental implant system that uses stirrup-shaped abutments, first fda approved in 1982