stirrup

IPA: stˈɝʌp

noun

  • (equestrianism) A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
  • (by extension) Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
  • (climbing) A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing.
  • (anatomy) A stapes.
  • (nautical) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
  • (construction) A bent rebar wrapped around the main rebars to reinforce against shear stress.
  • A surname.

adjective

  • Referring to women's pants/trousers: being of a form, commonly worn by women, that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot.
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Examples of "stirrup" in Sentences

  • The boundary was the Stirrup Brook.
  • Get your left foot in that stirrup.
  • Stirrup is married and has one son.
  • Placement of the stirrup on the foot.
  • It is a ceramic with a stirrup handle.
  • Gunpowder and the stirrup to name but two.
  • As was the section about the stirrup controversy.
  • Differing schools advocate for the stirrup or horseshoe.
  • Maybe merging in the info on stirrup length from the stirrup article.
  • Terms that, in Latin, are translated as the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup.

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