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English

Etymology

From stigrap|stigrāp, a compound of stig- (from stigan ‘climb’) and rap#Old English|rāp ‘rope’.

Noun

  1. A foot rest used by horse-riders.
  2. A stapes.


Translations

See: stapes

Category:Horse tack

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stirrup \Stir"rup\, n. [OE. stirop, AS. stigr[=a]p; st[imac]gan
to mount, ascend + r[=a]p a rope; akin to G. stegreif a
stirrup. [root]164. See Sty, v. i., and Rope.]
1. A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or
the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of
a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to
assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to
sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by
supporting a part of the weight of the body.
[1913 Webster]

Our host upon his stirpoes stood anon. --Chaucer.
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2. (Carp. & Mach.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup
of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See
Bridle iron.
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3. (Naut.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its
lower end for supporting a footrope. --Totten.
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Stirrup bone (Anat.), the stapes.

Stirrup cup, a parting cup taken after mounting.

Stirrup iron, an iron stirrup.

Stirrup leather, or Stirrup strap, the strap which
attaches a stirrup to the saddle. See Stirrup, 1.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bridle iron \Bri"dle i`ron\ (Arch.)
A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a
stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient
bearing can be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet stirrup
n 1: support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go
[syn: stirrup iron]
2: the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the
incus to the cochlea [syn: stapes]
Moby Dictionary
Eustachian tube , anvil , auditory apparatus , auditory canal ,
auditory meatus , auditory nerve , auditory ossicles , auditory tube ,
auricle , basilar membrane , bellyband , bony labyrinth ,
cauliflower ear , cinch , cochlea , conch , concha , drumhead , ear ,
ear lobe , eardrum , endolymph , external ear , girt , girth , hammer ,
horn , incus , inner ear , jockey , lobe , lobule , lug , malleus ,
mastoid process , middle ear , organ of Corti , outer ear ,
oval window , perilymph , pinna , pommel , round window ,
secondary eardrum , semicircular canals , shell , stapes , surcingle ,
tympanic cavity , tympanic membrane , tympanum , vestibule


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