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Stirrup iron

Stirrup \Stir"rup\, n. [OE. stirop, AS. stigr[=a]p; st[=i]gan to mount, ascend + r[=a]p a rope; akin to G. stegreif a stirrup.

  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.

WordNet
stirrup iron

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

Usage examples of "stirrup iron".

He sat Horace with his saber-arm down, the steel clicking against the stirrup iron.

In front of the inn, the Companions were gathered on their horses, Wil al'Seen with that fool wolfhead banner, the long staff resting on his stirrup iron.

He gripped the pommel, pushed his left boot into the cold stirrup iron, and heaved up into the Hussar saddle with its high spoon that offered support during long hours of riding.

It was only the clink of a stirrup iron that alerted him, and he tossed the grenade with a full swing of his arm out over the abyss.

Then she was galloping southward along the front of the line, ignoring the cheers, barely conscious of Swindapa's form beside her with the banner in one hand and the butt braced on her stirrup iron.

Pulling it free of the saddle, he rebuckled it, and pulled his left stirrup iron up so it wouldn't strike his horse.

Pulling it free of the saddle, he rebuckled it, and pulled his left stirrup iron up so it wouldn’.