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stirrup

[ stur-uhp, stir-, stuhr- ]

noun

  1. a loop, ring, or other contrivance of metal, wood, leather, etc., suspended from the saddle of a horse to support the rider's foot.
  2. any of various similar supports or clamps used for special purposes.
  3. Nautical. a short rope with an eye at the end hung from a yard to support a footrope, the footrope being rove through the eye.
  4. Also called binder. (in reinforced-concrete constructions) a U -shaped or W -shaped bent rod for supporting longitudinal reinforcing rods.
  5. Anatomy. stapes.
    1. a strap of fabric or elastic at the bottom of a pair of pants, worn around and under the foot.
    2. stirrups, (used with a plural verb) close-fitting knit pants with such straps.


stirrup

/ ˈ²õ³Ùɪ°ùÉ™±è /

noun

  1. Also calledstirrup iron either of two metal loops on a riding saddle, with a flat footpiece through which a rider puts his foot for support. They are attached to the saddle by stirrup leathers
  2. a U-shaped support or clamp made of metal, wood, leather, etc
  3. nautical one of a set of ropes fastened to a yard at one end and having a thimble at the other through which a footrope is rove for support
  4. the usual US name for é³Ù°ù¾±±ð°ù
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stirrup1

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ²õ³Ù¾±²µ°ùÄå±è ( stige ascent + °ùÄå±è rope ); cognate with German Stegreif
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stirrup1

Old English ²õ³Ù¾±²µ°ùÄå±è, from ²õ³ÙÄ«²µ path, step (related to Old High German ²õ³ÙÄ«²µan to move up) + °ùÄå±è rope ; related to Old Norse stigreip, Old High German stegareif
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In the filming of another scene described as “chaotic,†Lively is giving birth and the actor was mostly nude with her legs spread wide in stirrups, according to the complaint.

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At the farm, he leaves a foot between rows of Allium to allow for easy weeding with the six-inch blade of a stirrup hoe.

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"Ultimately, technology emerging from Mongolia has, through a domino effect, ended up shaping the horse culture that we have in America today, especially our traditions of saddlery and stirrups," Taylor said.

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Her legs are held high by stirrups while a man in a white medical coat explains he is about to put some medicine inside her uterus.

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I remember the saddled and riderless horse with the big black boots stuck backwards in the stirrups.

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