单词 | tapadero |
释义 | tapaderon. A heavy leather housing for the front of the stirrup, used in California and elsewhere in North America to protect the foot against thorny undergrowth and keep it from slipping forward. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > stirrup > parts of stirrup-iron1474 port1548 toe1842 tapadero1844 stirrup-bar1875 1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies I. 213 The stirrups..over which are fastened the tapaderas or coverings of leather to protect the toes. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It xxiv. 178 It was a Spanish saddle, with ponderous tapidaros. 1879 News & Press (Cimarron, New Mexico) 20 Nov. 3/4 New Saddler Shop... Stirrups, Tapaderos, Saddle Bags, etc. 1891 Cent. Dict. Tapadera. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 8 Oct. 2/1 Tapideros, or leather coverings for the stirrups, avoid the danger of the foot going right through the stirrup. 1933 J. Steinbeck To God Unknown xxv. 321 Joseph lifted the heavy saddle, and as the tapadero struck the horse's side, it reared. 1975 F. Kennedy Alberta was my Beat p. vi It [sc. a saddle] was complete with Tapadero covered stirrups. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1844 |
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