Stirrup Definition
stûrəp, stĭr-
stirrups
noun
stirrups
A ring with a flat bottom hung by a strap, usually on each side of a saddle and used as a footrest in mounting and riding.
Webster's New World
A part or device shaped like an inverted U in which something is supported, held, or fixed.
American Heritage Medicine
Any of various supports, clamps, etc. resembling or suggesting such a ring.
Webster's New World
An apparatus attached to a chair or examining table, consisting of a pair of supports for the feet and enabling the knees to be raised and positioned well apart during a gynecological exam or procedure.
Webster's New World
Either of the foot supports.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Referring to women's pants, a form of trousers commonly worn by women that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Stirrup
Noun
Singular:
stirrup
Plural:
stirrupsOrigin of Stirrup
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From Middle English stirop, stirope, from Old English stiÄ¡rāp (“stirrup"), a compound of stiÄ¡e ("ascent, descent, a going up or down"; related to stÄ«Ä¡an (“to climb")) and rāp (“rope"), equivalent to sty +"Ž rope.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English stirope from Old English stīgrāp stīgan to mount steigh- in Indo-European roots rāp rope
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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