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

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪɹəp/
• IPA^(key): /ˈstɝəp/, /ˈstɪɹəp/

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.
2. (by extension) Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:

     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.

3. (anatomy) A stapes.
4. (nautical) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.

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Derived terms

Derived terms

• 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 (öźəñge)
• Belarusian: стрэ́мя n (strémja)
• Bulgarian: стре́ме (bg) n (stréme)
• Burmese: နင်းကွင်း (my) (nang:kwang:)
• Buryat: дүрөө (düröö)
• Catalan: estrep m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬鐙／马镫 (zh) (mǎdèng), 马镫 (zh) (mǎdēng), 鐙子／镫子 (zh) (dèngzi), 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
• Georgian: უზანგი (uzangi)
• German: Steigbügel (de) m
• Greek: αναβολέας (el) m (anavoléas)
• Hindi: रकाब (hi) (rakāb)
• Hungarian: kengyel (hu)
• Icelandic: ístað (is) n
• Italian: staffa (it) f
• Japanese: 鐙 (ja) (あぶみ, abumi)
• Kalmyk: дөрө (dörö)
• Kazakh: үзеңгі (üzeñgı)
• Khakas: ізеңе (ìzeñe)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 등자 (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
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• Lithuanian: kilpa f, balnakilpė f
• Macedonian: узенгија f (uzengija), стремен m (stremen)
• Manchu: ᡨᡠᡶᡠᠨ (tufun)
• Maori: tarapu
• Mongolian: дөрөө (mn) (döröö)
• Nogai: зоьнъги (zöñgi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stigbøyle m

  Nynorsk: stigbøyel m

• 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: стре́мено n (strémeno)
• Urdu: رکاب (rakāb)
• Uyghur: ئۈزەڭگە (üzengge)
• Uzbek: uzangi (uz)
• Vietnamese: bàn đạp (vi)
• Walloon: strî (wa) m
• Yakut: иҥэһэ (iñehe)

stapes — see stapes

Adjective

stirrup (not comparable)

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

Further reading

• stirrup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• irrupts