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Webster 1913 Edition
Stirrup
Stir′rup
,Noun.
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.Webster 1828 Edition
Stirrup
STIRRUP
,Noun.
Definition 2024
stirrup
stirrup
English
Noun
stirrup (plural stirrups)
- A foot rest used by horse-riders.
- (anatomy) A stapes.
- Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
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- (nautical) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)
Derived terms
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Translations
footrest
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stapes — see stapes
Adjective
stirrup (not comparable)
- Referring to women's pants, a form of trousers commonly worn by women that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot.