stirrup cup

== English == === Noun === stirrup cup (plural stirrup cups) (historical) A parting drink taken after mounting one's horse. 1819, Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, Tales of My Landlord, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, Volume 2, Chapter 4, pp. 85-86,[1] […] after the Lord Keeper, the Master, and the domestics, had drunk doch-an-dorroch, or the stirrup-cup, in the liquors adapted to their various ranks, the cavalcade resumed its progress. (by extension) A drink taken before leaving or parting company with someone. Synonym: one for the road A cup from which such a drink is taken. ==== Translations ====