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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stir•rup /ˈstɜrəp, ˈstɪr-/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a loop, ring, etc., hung from the saddle of a horse to support the rider's foot.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stir•rup (stûr′əp, stir′-, stur′-),USA pronunciation n. - a loop, ring, or other contrivance of metal, wood, leather, etc., suspended from the saddle of a horse to support the rider's foot.
- any of various similar supports or clamps used for special purposes.
- [Naut.]a short rope with an eye at the end hung from a yard to support a footrope, the footrope being rove through the eye.
- Also called binder. (in reinforced-concrete constructions) aU-shaped orW-shaped bent rod for supporting longitudinal reinforcing rods.
- [Anat.]stapes.
- Clothing
- a strap of fabric or elastic at the bottom of a pair of pants, worn around and under the foot.
- stirrups, (used with a pl. v.) close-fitting knit pants with such straps.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English stigrāp (stige ascent + rāp rope); cognate with German Stegreif
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