Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - stirrup
Stirrup
stirrup
n. 1 each of a pair of devices attached to each side of a horse's saddle, in the form of a loop with a flat base to support the rider's foot. 2 (attrib.) having the shape of a stirrup. 3 (in full stirrup bone) = STAPES. Phrases and idioms stirrup-cup a cup of wine etc. offered to a person about to depart, orig. on horseback. stirrup-iron the metal loop of a stirrup. stirrup-leather (or -strap) the strap attaching a stirrup to a saddle. stirrup-pump a hand-operated water-pump with a foot-rest, used to extinguish small fires. Etymology: OE stigrap f. stigan climb (as STILE(1)) + ROPE
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noun see: stair Date: before 12th century either of a pair of small light frames or rings for receiving the foot of a rider that are attached by a strap to a saddle and used to aid in mounting and as a support while riding, a piece resembling a ~: as, one used as a support or clamp in carpentry and machinery, a ~-shaped footrest, a rope secured to a yard and attached to a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope, stapes ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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