stirrup cup

farewell drink, especially one offered to a rider already mounted for departure.

an ornamental cup or bowl for such a drink.

Origin of stirrup cup

First recorded in 1675–85

Our gendarme and landlord saw us well out of the town, where a stirrup-cup was indulged in.

Albania |E. F. Knight
The sword-stick became almost the sword of chivalry, and the brandy the wine of the stirrup-cup.

The Man Who Was Thursday |G. K. Chesterton
Then a stirrup-cup went round, but no flute, no guitar, was heard.

A History of Chinese Literature |Herbert A. Giles
Their entertainer always accompanied them to take the stirrup-cup, which often occasioned a long and late revel.

Waverley |Sir Walter Scott

That stirrup-cup was the last you were ever destined to drink!

The Maroon |Mayne Reid

stirrup cup

a cup containing an alcoholic drink offered to a horseman ready to ride away