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

Noun

stirrup (plural stirrups)

(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 630079698, pages 36–37:
  With what different feelings did he now put foot in stirrup to the last time when he sprung to horse?
(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 222716698:
  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
(anatomy) A stapes.
(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.

Derived terms

birthing stirrups
stirrup cup
stirrup iron
stirrup leather
stirrup strap

Translations

footrest used by riders

Afrikaans: stiebeuel (af)
Albanian: yzengji (sq) f
Arabic: رِكَاب‎ m (rikāb)
Armenian: ասպանդակ (hy) (aspandak)
Azerbaijani: üzəngi (az)
Bashkir: өҙәңге (öðäŋge)
Belarusian: стрэ́мя n (strémja)
Bengali: রেকাব (rekabô)
Bulgarian: стре́ме (bg) n (stréme)
Burmese: နင်းကွင်း (my) (nang:kwang:)
Buryat: дүрөө (düröö)
Catalan: estrep m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬鐙／马镫 (zh) (mǎdēng), 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)
Hebrew: אַרְכּוֹף‎ (he) m (arkof), מִשְׁוֶרֶת‎ (he) f (mishveret)
Hindi: रकाब (hi) (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 (ko) (deungja)
Kumyk: оьзенги (özeñi)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕْکێف‎ (rikêf), ئاوزەنگی‎ (ku) (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: 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 (rekãb)
Persian: رکاب‎ (fa) (rekâb)
Polish: strzemię (pl) n
Portuguese: estribo (pt) m
Romanian: scară (ro) f
Russian: стре́мя (ru) n (strémja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: узенгија f, стремен m
Roman: uzengija (sh) f, stremen (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: رکاب‎ (rakāb)
Uyghur: ئۈزەڭگە‎ (üzengge)
Uzbek: uzangi (uz)
Vietnamese: bàn đạp (vi)
Walloon: strî (wa) m
Welsh: gwarthol f, gwarthafl f
Yakut: иҥэһэ (iŋehe)

stapes — see stapes

Adjective

stirrup (not comparable)

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

Anagrams

irrupts