stirrup

See also: Stirrup

English

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Etymology

From Middle English stirop, stirope, from Old English stiġrāp (“stirrup”), a compound of stiġe ("ascent, descent, a going up or down"; related to stīġan (“to climb”)) and rāp (“rope”), equivalent to sty +‎ rope.

Cognate with Dutch stegereep, stegelreep (“stirrup”), Old Saxon stigerēp (“stirrup”), Middle High German stereip, stegreif ("stirrup"; > German Stegreif (“improvisation”)), Icelandic stigreip (“stirrup”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɪɹ.əp/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɝ.əp/, /ˈstɪɹ.əp/
• Rhymes: -ɪɹəp, -ɜɹəp

Noun

stirrup (plural stirrups)

1. (equestrianism) A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 36–37:

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

2. (by extension) Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     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.

   1. (climbing) A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing.

      Synonyms: aider, étrier

3. (anatomy) A stapes.
4. (nautical) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:stirrup.
5. (construction) A bent rebar wrapped around the main rebars to reinforce against shear stress.

Derived terms

• birthing stirrups
• stirrup bone
• stirrup cup
• stirrup iron
• stirrup jar
• stirrup leather
• stirrup leggings
• stirrup pants
• stirrup pump
• stirrup stocking
• stirrup strap
• stirrup vase

 

Translations

footrest used by riders

• Afrikaans: stiebeuel (af)
• Albanian: yzengji (sq) f, praqe (sq) f pl
• Arabic: رِكَاب m (rikāb)
• Armenian: ասպանդակ (hy) (aspandak)
• Azerbaijani: üzəngi (az)
• Bashkir: өҙәңге (öźəñge)
• Belarusian: стрэ́мя n (strémja)
• Bengali: রেকাব (rekab)
• Bulgarian: стре́ме (bg) n (stréme)
• Burmese: နင်းကွင်း (my) (nang:kwang:)
• Buryat: дүрөө (düröö)
• Catalan: estrep m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬鐙／马镫 (zh) (mǎdèng), 鐙子／镫子 (zh) (dèngzi)

• Crimean Tatar: telbev
• Czech: třmen (cs) m
• Danish: stigbøjle c
• Dutch: stijgbeugel (nl) m
• Esperanto: piedingo (eo)
• Estonian: jalus
• Finnish: jalustin (fi)
• French: étrier (fr) m
• Galician: estribeira (gl) f, estribo (gl) m
• Georgian: უზანგი (uzangi)
• German: Steigbügel (de) m
• Greek: αναβολέας (el) m (anavoléas)

  Ancient Greek: ἀναβολεύς m (anaboleús)

• Gujarati: પેંગડું n (peṅgḍũ), પેગડું n (pegḍũ), રકાબ m (rakāb), રિકાબ m (rikāb)
• Hawaiian: hao keʻehi
• Hebrew: אַרְכּוֹף (he) m (arkóf), מִשְׁוֶרֶת (he) f (mishveret)
• Hindi: रकाब (hi) m (rakāb)
• Hungarian: kengyel (hu)
• Icelandic: ístað (is) n
• Irish: stíoróip f
• Italian: staffa (it) f
• Japanese: 鐙 (ja) (あぶみ, abumi)
• Kalmyk: дөрө (dörö)
• Kazakh: үзеңгі (üzeñgı)
• Khakas: ізеңе (ìzeñe)
• Khmer: ឈ្នាន់កែបសេះ (chnŏənkaepseh), ឈ្នាន់ (km) (chnŏən)
• Korean: 등자(鐙子) (ko) (deungja)
• Kumyk: оьзенги (özeñi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕْکێف (rikêf), ئاوزەنگی (awzengî)

  Northern Kurdish: rikêb (ku), zengû (ku)

• Kyrgyz: үзөңгү (ky) (üzöŋgü)
• Lao: ຢ່ວງ (yūang), ຢ່ວງຕີນ (yūang tīn)
• Latin: stapes m, stapia f
• Latvian: kāpslis m
• Lithuanian: kilpa f, balnakilpė f
• Macedonian: узенгија f (uzengija), стремен m (stremen)
• Malay: rakap
• Manchu: ᡨᡠᡶᡠᠨ (tufun)
• Maori: tarapu
• Middle English: stirop
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: дөрөө (mn) (döröö)

• Nogai: зоьнъги (zöñgi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stigbøyle m

  Nynorsk: stigbøyel m

• Old East Slavic: стремень (stremenĭ), стръмень (strŭmenĭ)
• Ottoman Turkish: اوزنگی (üzengi), ركاب (rikâb)
• Pashto: رکاب (ps) m (rekāb)
• Persian: رِکاب (fa) (rekâb)
• Polish: strzemię (pl) n
• Portuguese: estribo (pt) m
• Romanian: scară (ro) f
• Russian: стре́мя (ru) n (strémja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: узѐнгија f, стре̏ме̄н m

  Roman: uzèngija (sh) f, strȅmēn (sh) m

• Shor: изеңе
• Slovak: strmeň m
• Slovene: streme (sl) n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: stupcyk m, tśmjeń m, stupadło n

  Upper Sorbian: třmjeń m

• Southern Altai: ӱзеҥи (üzeŋi)
• Spanish: estribo (es) m
• Swedish: stigbygel (sv) c
• Tajik: рикоб (tg) (rikob)
• Tatar: өзәңге (tt) (özäñge)
• Thai: โกลน (th) (gloon)
• Tibetan: ཡབ (yab)
• Tofa: эзеңгі
• Turkish: üzengi (tr)
• Turkmen: üzeňňi (tk)
• Tuvan: эзеңги (ezeñgi)
• Ukrainian: стреме́но n (streméno), стремено́ n (stremenó)
• Urdu: رَکاب m (rakāb)
• Uyghur: ئۈزەڭگە (üzengge)
• Uzbek: uzangi (uz)
• Vietnamese: bàn đạp (vi)
• Walloon: strî (wa) m
• Welsh: gwarthol f, gwarthafl f
• Yakut: иҥэһэ (iñehe)

stapes — see stapes

Adjective

stirrup (not comparable)

1. Referring to women's pants/trousers: being of a form, commonly worn by women, that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot.

Further reading

• stirrup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• irrupts