Meanings of short stirrup in English

The Arab's exaggeratedly short stirrup would have given her agonies of cramp.

You use an English saddle, I dare say, and ride with a short stirrup?

A beginner will prefer a short stirrup, but it is a bad habit to acquire.

John DeWitt rode Eastern park fashion, with short stirrup, rising from the saddle with the trot.

For Russians sit back, with a short stirrup and a loose seat, when they are travelling.

The Siamese, like other Orientals, ride with loose rein and short stirrups.

Not the skin of a shadow, 'cept that one man rode shorter stirrups'n I do.

Nervously Dany gathered the reins in her hands and slid her feet into the short stirrups.

In England they ride to hunt, so they need a light saddle and very short stirrups set well forward.

At Tien-Tsin the travelers landed, and witnessed a review of some imperial cavalry regiments mounted upon Tartar ponies, with high saddles and short stirrups.

But the lad may be wrong. He took the reins from Buddy, mounted, and rode away, his booted feet hanging far below Buddy's short stirrups.