Stirrup

n.	1.	A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, - used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body. Our host upon his stirpoes stood anon. - Chaucer.
	2.	(Carp. & Mach.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron.
	3.	(Naut.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope. Stirrup bone (Anat.) the stapes. Stirrup cup a parting cup taken after mounting. Stirrup iron an iron stirrup. Stirrup leather the strap which attaches a stirrup to the saddle. See Stirrup, 1.

Noun	1.	stirrup - support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go Synonyms: stirrup iron
	2.	stirrup - the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea Synonyms: stapes

Eustachian tube, anvil, auditory apparatus, auditory canal, auditory meatus, auditory nerve, auditory ossicles, auditory tube, auricle, basilar membrane, bellyband, bony labyrinth, cauliflower ear, cinch, cochlea, conch, concha, drumhead, ear, ear lobe, eardrum, endolymph, external ear, girt, girth, hammer, horn, incus, inner ear, jockey, lobe, lobule, lug, malleus, mastoid process, middle ear, organ of Corti, outer ear, oval window, perilymph, pinna, pommel, round window, secondary eardrum, semicircular canals, shell, stapes, surcingle, tympanic cavity, tympanic membrane, tympanum, vestibule

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