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stirrup |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stirrup \Stir"rup\, n. [OE. stirop, AS stigr[=a]p; st[=i]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. Our host upon his stirpoes stood anon. --Chaucer. 2. (Carp. & Mach.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc See {Bridle iron}. 3. (Naut.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope. --Totten. {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stirrup n 1: metal loops into which rider's feet go [syn: {stirrup iron}] 2: the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound to the cochlea [syn: {stapes}]
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