| 1. | farewell drink, esp. one offered to a rider already mounted for departure. |
| 2. | an ornamental cup or bowl for such a drink. |
stirrup cup
originally a drink offered to a man mounted on horseback and about to depart for the hunt; now, the drinking vessel itself. Commonly connected with hunting, many of the cups are made of silver and engraved with mottoes taken from the chase. They are usually in the form of a fox's head or, more rarely, the head of a greyhound or hare.
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