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Stirrup

//ˈstɪ.ɹəp// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Referring to women's pants/trousers: being of a form, commonly worn by women, that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.

    "With what different feelings did he now put foot in stirrup to the last time when he sprung to horse?"

  2. 2
    support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go wordnet
  3. 3
    Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc. broadly

    "Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes."

  4. 4
    the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea wordnet
  5. 5
    Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.; A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing. broadly
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  1. 6
    A stapes.
  2. 7
    A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:stirrup."

  3. 8
    A bent rebar wrapped around the main rebars to reinforce against shear stress.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stirop, stirope, from Old English stiġrāp (“stirrup”), a compound of stiġe ("ascent, descent, a going up or down"; related to stīġan (“to climb”)) and rāp (“rope”), equivalent to sty + rope. Cognate with Dutch stegereep, stegelreep (“stirrup”), Old Saxon stigerēp (“stirrup”), Middle High German stereip, stegreif ("stirrup"; > German Stegreif (“improvisation”)), Icelandic stigreip (“stirrup”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English stirop, stirope, from Old English stiġrāp (“stirrup”), a compound of stiġe ("ascent, descent, a going up or down"; related to stīġan (“to climb”)) and rāp (“rope”), equivalent to sty + rope. Cognate with Dutch stegereep, stegelreep (“stirrup”), Old Saxon stigerēp (“stirrup”), Middle High German stereip, stegreif ("stirrup"; > German Stegreif (“improvisation”)), Icelandic stigreip (“stirrup”).

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