Meaning of Stirrup | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
2. A surname.
3. Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
   broadly
4. A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing.
   broadly
5. A stapes.
6. A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
7. A bent rebar wrapped around the main rebars to reinforce against shear stress.

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Examples

“With what different feelings did he now put foot in stirrup to the last time when he sprung to horse?”

“Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.”

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:stirrup.”

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