stirrup

1. v. i. 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. Source: opted

2. v. i. Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron. Source: opted

3. v. i. A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope. Source: opted

4. n. support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go Source: wordnet

5. n. the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea Source: wordnet

6. 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. Source: webster

7. Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and usedas a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron. Source: adambom

8. n:100 n. support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go Source: ecdict

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