stirrup

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
2. (broadly) Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
3. (broadly) Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
4. A stapes.
5. A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
6. A bent rebar wrapped around the main rebars to reinforce against shear stress.

Adj

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

Concepts

étrier

marchepied

Synonymes

stapes

stirrup iron

pedal

clamp

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clench

cramp

gripper

hooping

iron

tongs

hoop reinforcement

calorie unit of measure

pincer clamp

clamp frame

caloric

etrier

card

clam

Traductions

Steigbügel

staffa

estribo

estribo

αναβολέας

Bügel

estrep

stijgbeugel

üzengi

Stehbügel

estapédio

codillo

abajera

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈstɪɹ.əp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: stirop

Hérité de ancien anglais: stiġrāp

Appartenant à néerlandais: stegereep

Appartenant à Old Saxon: stigerēp

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: stereip

Appartenant à allemand: Stegreif

Appartenant à islandais: stigreip

In summary

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”).