stirrup-cupn.

Etymology: Compare French le vin de l'étrier, le coup de l'étrier.

a. A cup of wine or other drink handed to a man when already on horseback setting out for a journey; a parting glass.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > before departure

bridling cast?1499

grace cupc1593

voiding beer1639

stirrup-cup1681

deoch an dorisc1700

stirrup-glass1775

stirrup-dram1815

binder1899

one for the road1939

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 16 Aug. 1/1 Let's have one stirrup Cup of Character, its the only modish Liquor now.

1683 G. Meriton Praise Yorks. Ale (1685) 27 Wee'l have with you, a merry Stirrup Cupp.

1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxxii. 54 Then came the stirrup-cup in course.

1899 Lady M. Verney in Verney Mem. IV. 328 Such guests were sure of a hearty welcome and a potent stirrup-cup.

b. Used for: A drink offered to an arriving guest before he has dismounted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > offered on arrival

stirrup-cup1869

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 240 [She] goes out to meet him and offer him the stirrup-cup.

c. Applied to the drinking-vessel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > vessel used on horseback

stirrup-cup1865

1865 C. Kingsley Hereward xv, in Good Words May 337/2 Torfrida stood to welcome them, as fair as day, a silver stirrup-cup in her hand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	stirrup-cup
释义	stirrup-cupn. Etymology: Compare French le vin de l'étrier, le coup de l'étrier. a. A cup of wine or other drink handed to a man when already on horseback setting out for a journey; a parting glass. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > before departure bridling cast?1499 grace cupc1593 voiding beer1639 stirrup-cup1681 deoch an dorisc1700 stirrup-glass1775 stirrup-dram1815 binder1899 one for the road1939 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 16 Aug. 1/1 Let's have one stirrup Cup of Character, its the only modish Liquor now. 1683 G. Meriton Praise Yorks. Ale (1685) 27 Wee'l have with you, a merry Stirrup Cupp. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxxii. 54 Then came the stirrup-cup in course. 1899 Lady M. Verney in Verney Mem. IV. 328 Such guests were sure of a hearty welcome and a potent stirrup-cup. b. Used for: A drink offered to an arriving guest before he has dismounted. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > offered on arrival stirrup-cup1869 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 240 [She] goes out to meet him and offer him the stirrup-cup. c. Applied to the drinking-vessel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > vessel used on horseback stirrup-cup1865 1865 C. Kingsley Hereward xv, in Good Words May 337/2 Torfrida stood to welcome them, as fair as day, a silver stirrup-cup in her hand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1681
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