Meaning

6 senses
  1. A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.

  2. (broadly)Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.

  3. Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.

    (broadly)A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing.

    Steigbügel

    стре́мяstrémja

    стреме́ноstreméno, стремено́stremenó

  4. A stapes.

  5. 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.

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

More definitions
  • support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go
  • the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Sami put his foot in the stirrup.

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  2. The stirrup rests on the oval window of the inner ear.

    ruСтремечко упирается в овальное окно внутреннего уха. — paul_lingvo

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  3. He put his foot into the stirrup, then jumped onto the horse.

    ruОн продел ногу в стремя и запрыгнул на лошадь. — Ooneykcall

  4. The stirrup is a bone in the middle ear, between the anvil and the inner ear.

    ruСтремечко — кость среднего уха, расположенная между наковальней и внутренним ухом. — Karok

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  5. Human and elephant, mouse and porpoise, all have three small bones in their middle ear — the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
footrest used by riders:
Русский
By meaning 1
footrest used by riders:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
footrest used by riders:

Origin

From Middle English stirop, stirope, from Old English stiġrāp (“stirrup”), a compound of s

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.

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Forms

plural: stirrups
Singularstirrup
Pluralstirrups

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go:stirrup iron
  • the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea:stapes

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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