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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stirrup
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stirrup pants
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
stand
▪ He stood in the stirrups and looked around.
▪ Then Tagan, the tracker, stopped and stood in his stirrups, his head up and his eyes narrowed.
▪ He pulled Contralto to the side and stood up in his stirrups to gouge a handful of fungus from the bark.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ the stirrup of a shoeshine stand
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Allen pulled out his knife and jabbed at the animal's flank where the stirrup hung.
▪ But what if the stirrups of their saddle had been changed, each being given a narrower set?
▪ Made from 100% nylon these trousers have an elasticated & tie-cord waistband + stirrup legs.
▪ Oasis wool-mix stirrup pants, £39.99.
▪ The icy metal of the stirrup stuck to my fingers and the sour breath of the horse was hot upon my face.
▪ The riders use stirrups and large supporting saddles, so may be a cavalry unit.
▪ Then Elmer gathers up the reins, leans back, and pulls his legs back, toes down in the stirrups.
▪ Then they did the whole thing all over again without stirrups, and all the time talking and shouting to one another.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
stirrup

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stirrup

Old English stigrap "a support for the foot of a person mounted on a horse," literally "climbing rope," from stige "a climbing, ascent" (from Proto-Germanic *stigaz "climbing;" see stair) + rap (see rope (n.)). Originally a looped rope as a help for mounting. Germanic cognates include Old Norse stigreip, Middle Dutch stegerep, Old High German stegareif, German stegreif. Surgical device used in childbirth, etc., so called from 1884. Stirrup-cup (1680s) was a cup of wine or other drink handed to a rider already on horseback and setting out on a journey, hence "a parting glass" (compare French le vin de l'etrier).

Wiktionary
stirrup

a. Referring to women's pants, a form of trousers commonly worn by women that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot. n. 1 A foot rest used by horse-riders. 2 (context anatomy English) A stapes. 3 Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.

WordNet
stirrup
  1. n. support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go [syn: stirrup iron]

  2. the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea [syn: stapes]

Wikipedia
Stirrup

A stirrup is a light frame or ring that holds the foot of a rider, attached to the saddle by a strap, often called a stirrup leather. Stirrups are usually paired and are used to aid in mounting and as a support while using a riding animal (usually a horse or other equine, such as a mule). They greatly increase the rider's ability to stay in the saddle and control the mount, increasing the animal's usefulness to humans in areas such as communication, transportation and warfare.

In antiquity, the earliest foot supports consisted of riders placing their feet under a girth or using a simple toe loop. Later, a single stirrup was used as a mounting aid, and paired stirrups appeared after the invention of the treed saddle. The stirrup was invented in China in the first few centuries C.E. and spread westward through the nomadic peoples of Central Eurasia. The use of paired stirrups is credited to the Chinese Jin Dynasty and came to Europe during the Middle Ages. Some argue that the stirrup was one of the basic tools used to create and spread modern civilization, possibly as important as the wheel or printing press.

Modern stirrups come in a wide variety of styles, sizes and materials and are attached to most saddles by means of adjustable stirrup leathers, which can be altered in length to fit both the size of the rider and the need to remain over the horse's optimal center of balance for a given equestrianism discipline. There are safety concerns associated with the use of stirrups, including a risk that a fallen rider may get their foot caught in the stirrup and be dragged by the horse, or that long hours of use without rest may cause problems in the human foot's Peroneus Tertius tendon. Stirrups are safer to use when riding boots are worn, and proper sizing and placement of the foot on the stirrup increases both safety and usability.

Stirrup (disambiguation)

A stirrup is a metal loop supporting the foot, fastened to a saddle on a riding animal. Stirrup may also refer to:

  • Baseball stirrups, a type of socks worn by baseball players
  • the braces supporting the lithotomy position utilised in medical examinations such as a pelvic exam
  • A clamp (tool) or support in the shape of a stirrup
  • Rebar bent in a loop and used to reinforce concrete
  • The stapes, a bone of the ear resembling a stirrup
  • Stirrup pants, a form of leggings with a strap beneath the arch of the foot

Usage examples of "stirrup".

In fact, a friend of mine in Staten Island had told me that riding bareback is more exciting, more fun, than with a saddle and stirrups.

Kellen had been forced to contend with when riding Shalkan bareback, the saddle gave him a wide comfortable seat, and the stirrups gave him someplace to put his feet and a way to brace himself.

Paganel, DISTRAIT as usual, was flung several times before he succeeded in bestriding his good steed, but once in the saddle, his inseparable telescope on his shoulder-belt, he held on well enough, keeping his feet fast in the stirrups, and trusting entirely to the sagacity of his beast.

Through the telescope Ryder saw Osman rise in the stirrups and brandish his broadsword.

Patches up and working with Omega, still on the lunge line but now bridled and under a saddle with the stirrups removed, she took a few minutes with Major.

His white face, glimmering with sweat, alarmed Rachel more than the sight of Alma spread-eagled on the table in lithotomy position, feet up in stirrups, huge belly draped in a sterile blue sheet.

Merdune Lagoon Garth Sentith stood in his stirrups to look over the top of the last rise that separated him and his weary charge from the sloping meadows leading down to the shore of Merdune Lagoon and the town of Midling Wells.

Ben was about to declare himself forcibly when he saw Modoc rise in his stirrups as if to peer across the lake, then duck down quickly.

Lifts were then attached to the mid-point, the parrel fastened about the mast itself, and all that paraphernalia of cable, the stirrups, the lifts and braces, were rigged on one by one.

So we started, Hans hanging to my stirrup and guiding me, for I knew well enough that although he had never travelled this road, his instinct for locality would not betray a coloured man, who can find his way across the pathless veld as surely as a buck or a bird of the air.

To be sure, it was not the first time that El Sangre had stretched to the full his mighty strength, but on those other occasions he had fought the burst of speed, straining back in groaning stirrup leathers, with his full weight wresting at the bit.

The festoons of lead-ropes, saddles, saddlebags, stirrups, surcingles and girths, reins, bits and bridles, martingales, cruppers, and breastplates about his ears were disturbed only by a scuttling of serpiginous rock-lizards that were in the habit of basking daily on the outer walls.

A wiry gray gelding named Spitter was given to Wil, and he had one foot in the stirrup when Flick came dashing up, bearded face dripping and flushed.

Costin stood in his stirrups and spouted a lie to the man-at-arms who guarded the gate--a lewd tale, one which the obliging sentry greeted with a snicker.

I straightened myself in my stirrups, and strived to persuade my understanding that this was real Egypt, and that those angles which stood up between me and the West were of harder stuff, and more ancient than the paper pyramids of the green portfolio.