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stirrup

Pronunciation: /ˈstɪ.ɹəp/

The English word “stirrup” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

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

adjective

  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.

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…

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