stirrup
A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot…A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
» Sami put his foot in the stirrup.
Meaning
6 sensesA ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
(broadly)Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
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
A stapes.
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.
A bent rebar wrapped around the main rebars to reinforce against shear stress.
- 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 sentencesSami put his foot in the stirrup.
The stirrup rests on the oval window of the inner ear.
ruСтремечко упирается в овальное окно внутреннего уха. — paul_lingvo
He put his foot into the stirrup, then jumped onto the horse.
ruОн продел ногу в стремя и запрыгнул на лошадь. — Ooneykcall
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
Human and elephant, mouse and porpoise, all have three small bones in their middle ear — the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English stirop, stirope, from Old English stiġrāp (“stirrup”), a compound of sFrom 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: stirrupsSynonyms
4 synonyms- 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