A tapadero, sometimes referred to as a `hooded stirrup,` is leather cover over the front of a stirrup on a saddle that closes each stirrup from the front. A tapedero prevents the rider`s boot from slipping through and also prevents brush encountered while working cattle on the open range from poking through the stirrup, injuring or impeding the......
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• (n.) One of the leather hoods which cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle.
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A leather hood fixed to the front of the stirrup A covering over the stirrups in a western saddle to prevent the riders foot from slipping through and to give a decorative effect
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