acion

(Sp. model spelled same [asjón]< Arabic as-siyür, plural of sair 'leather strap or belt')

   Adams: 1944. Extreme SW, border country, and California, according to Watts. Both Adams and Watts reference this term as "a stirrup leather." The DRAE provides a similar gloss: a leather strap that hangs from the stirrup. Spanish horsemanship was strongly influenced by the Moors who conquered and controlled most of Spain for nearly eight centuries (a.d. 711-1492). Ación is one of a significant number of terms that was borrowed from Arabic into Spanish and subsequently made its way into English via the Spanish/Mexican vaqueros.