Stirrup : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Stirrup	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Stirrup
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stirrup n support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go Synonym(s): stirrup, stirrup iron the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea Synonym(s): stapes, stirrup
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stirrup \Stir"rup\, n. [OE. stirop, AS. stigr[be]p; st[c6]gan to mount, ascend + r[be]p a rope; akin to G. stegreif a stirrup. [fb]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}.