'Stirrup' definitions:
Definition of 'stirrup'
(from WordNet)
noun
Support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go [syn: stirrup, stirrup iron]
noun
The stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea [syn: stapes, stirrup]
Definition of 'Stirrup'
From: GCIDE
- Stirrup \Stir"rup\, n. [OE. stirop, AS. stigr[=a]p; st[imac]gan to mount, ascend + r[=a]p a rope; akin to G. stegreif a stirrup. [root]164. See Sty, v. i., and Rope.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Our host upon his stirpoes stood anon. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Carp. & Mach.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Naut.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'stirrup'
From: GCIDE
- Bridle iron \Bri"dle i`ron\ (Arch.) A strong flat bar of iron, so bent as to support, as in a stirrup, one end of a floor timber, etc., where no sufficient bearing can be had; -- called also stirrup and hanger. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stirrup'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anvil,
- auditory apparatus,
- auditory canal,
- auditory meatus,
- auditory nerve,
- auditory ossicles,
- auditory tube,
- auricle,
- basilar membrane,
- bellyband,
- bony labyrinth,
- cauliflower ear,
- cinch,
- cochlea,
- conch,
- concha,
- drumhead,
- ear,
- ear lobe,
- eardrum,
- endolymph,
- Eustachian tube,
- external ear,
- girt,
- girth,
- hammer,
- horn,
- incus,
- inner ear,
- jockey,
- lobe,
- lobule,
- lug,
- malleus,
- mastoid process,
- middle ear,
- organ of Corti,
- outer ear,
- oval window,
- perilymph,
- pinna,
- pommel,
- round window,
- secondary eardrum,
- semicircular canals,
- shell,
- stapes,
- surcingle,
- tympanic cavity,
- tympanic membrane,
- tympanum,
- vestibule