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stir·rup cup
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Princeton's WordNet
stirrup cupnoun
a farewell drink (especially one offered to a horseman ready to depart); usually alcoholic
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stirrup cup
A stirrup cup is a parting drink offered to guests, especially when they are leaving or setting off on a journey. The name refers to the tradition of serving the drink to a person already on horseback, ready to depart, and therefore resting their feet in the stirrups.
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Stirrup cup
A stirrup cup is a "parting cup" given to guests, especially when they are leaving and have their feet in the stirrups. It is also the traditional drink served at the meet, prior to a traditional foxhunt. The term can describe the cup that such a drink is served in. In Scots the host may well, in inviting his guest to stay briefly for that farewell drink, call it a "dochan doruis". In Anya Seton's Katherine the custom occurs frequently before English royalty and nobility leave on travels abroad or progresses. In G.G. Coulton's Chaucer and his England it is referred to in relation to the Canterbury pilgrims setting out. It is also used in a number of Rosemary Sutcliff's historical novels set in England after the Norman Invasion.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Stirrup Cup
a "parting cup" given by the Highlanders to guests when they are leaving and have their feet in the stirrups.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stirrup cup in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stirrup cup in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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