stirrup
Referring to women's pants/trousers: being of a form, commonly worn by women, that…Referring to women's pants/trousers: being of a form, commonly worn by women, that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot.
» Sami put his foot in the stirrup.
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1 senses(not comparable)Referring to women's pants/trousers: being of a form, commonly worn by women, that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot.
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.
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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