stirrup in English

noun

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.

Will slid his foot up into the stirrup of the horse's saddle and prepared to pull himself up.

2

a pair of metal supports in which a woman's heels may be placed during gynecological examinations and childbirth, to hold her legs in a position that will facilitate medical examination or intervention.

A well-padded leg holder for the nonsurgical leg, such as a low lithotomy stirrup , is needed to prevent unnecessary pressure on muscles and bony prominences.

noun

• stirrup iron
• stapes

Use "stirrup" in a sentence

1. Somebody hold my stirrup.

2. 2 She had to lengthen her stirrup leathers.

3. 11 Stirrup wheel knuckle support assembly using caliper brakes.

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5. 10 She tried to put her foot into the stirrup.

6. She had to lengthen her stirrup leathers.

7. 14 I'm stealing that for Stirrup Cup!

8. 12 Stirrup is a important part of harness.

9. Saddles, gleaming immaculately and stirrup irons polished, hung neatly on pegs.

10. 16 The invention of the stirrup is imputed to the Chinese.

11. 13 Alan: And put my foot in the stirrup?

12. 1 The stirrup leathers rubbed raw patches on his legs.

13. 7 The stirrup leathers rubbed raw patches on his legs.

14. 9 And along with their stirrup cups, they were all eating humble pie.

15. 19 Air Chief Marshal Jock Stirrup is the head of British forces.

16. 5 Saddles, gleaming immaculately and stirrup irons polished, hung neatly on pegs.

17. Rucksacks, Casual bags, Fanny packs, Baggage, Stirrups, Stirrup leathers, Alpenstocks, Hiking poles

18. The stapes (or stirrup) is the final link in the middle-ear transducer chain.

19. 30 He walked up to the horse and put his foot in the stirrup.

20. 8 Stirrup Cup, unbeaten in six races this season, faces much his stiffest test.

21. 15 The stirrup, so hugely important in peace and war, was invented by the Chinese.

22. 20 Stirrup joints ( congruence ) should be staggered in the last two of erect steel.

23. The Scythians were excellent horsemen and were among the first to use the saddle and stirrup.

24. 25 Allen pulled out his knife and jabbed at the animal's flank where the stirrup hung.

25. 26 It was scary because I could only put one foot in the stirrup and it kept slipping out.

26. 3 Jane put one foot in the near stirrup and turned to look at the stranger.

27. 22 Now, when you mount a horse, you simply push your boot in to the stirrup.

28. When the eardrum vibrates , it moves the tiny ossicles - from the hammer to the anvil and then to the stirrup .

29. 27 The purchase of extra clothing hand - uesd, furniture, and they are excellent stirrup. You work money outcome.

30. 7 So four of us took our stirrup pumps and torches and picked our way through what was a minefield.

31. 24 The horse reared, Southgate pitched out of his saddle and was dragged along, one boot still caught in the stirrup.

32. 23 Sharpe was holding his own sword low beside his stirrup, almost as if he could not be bothered to fight.

33. 21 The stirrup bone taps on the oval window, a thin membrane leading to the fluid-filed cavities of the inner ear.

34. 6 The icy metal of the stirrup stuck to my fingers and the sour breath of the horse was hot upon my face.

35. 28 Two or three had a straw rope attached to the cross-bar of the dray, and suspended under them like a stirrup, which supported their feet.

36. Chapelet: A pair of stirrup-leathers, with stirrups, joined at the top in a sort of leather buckle, by which they are made fast to the pommel of the saddle.

37. 18 When tramping around in snow, I've found stirrup loops to be essential for preventing the trouser cuff from riding up over the top of the boot and letting snow in.

38. 29 The leather saddle was developed between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century AD, probably by peoples of the Asian steppes, where the stirrup and the horse collar also originated.

39. 17 This paper describes the tests of 4 R. C. beams glued with steel plate. Data of strain of longitudinal bars, glued bottom steel plate in tension, glued web plate and glued steel "stirrup" plate of R.

40. With pretty half-Betrayings Of things one may not know; Fair hand, whose touches thrill, Like golden rod of wonder, Which Hermes wields at will Spirit and flesh to sunder; Light foot, to press the stirrup In fearlessness and glee, Or dance, till finches chirrup, www.PoemHunter.com - The …

41. This factor saved the life of many a Bronc buster, because if the high-heeled cowboy boot gets caught in the stirrup when the Bronc throws the rider, the rider can be quickly dragged to death unless he can kill the horse quickly.