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31stirrup — noun Etymology: Middle English stirop, from Old English stigrāp, from stig (akin to Old High German stīgan to go up) + rāp rope more at stair, rope Date: before 12th century 1. either of a pair of small light frames or rings for receiving the… …
32Stirrup shell — Taxobox name = Stirrup shell status = CR | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Unionoida familia = Unionidae genus = Quadrula species = Q. stapes binomial = Quadrula stapes binomial authority = I …
33stirrup cup — 1. farewell drink, esp. one offered to a rider already mounted for departure. 2. an ornamental cup or bowl for such a drink. [1675 85] * * * ▪ metalwork originally a drink offered to a man mounted on horseback and about to depart for the… …
34stirrup leather — the strap that holds the stirrup of a saddle. Also called stirrup strap. See diag. under saddle. [1350 1400; ME] * * * …
35stirrup fixation — ▪ pathology growth of spongy bone in the wall of the inner ear so that it encroaches on the oval window an opening in the wall of the bony labyrinth of the inner ear (this bony encroachment is called otosclerosis) and prevents movement of… …
36stirrup — UK [ˈstɪrəp] / US noun [countable] Word forms stirrup : singular stirrup plural stirrups 1) a metal object that supports your foot when you ride a horse 2) a thing that is used for supporting your foot, for example when giving birth 3) a band of… …
37stirrup bar — noun 1. : the horizontal piece of a stirrup 2. : the bar from which a riding stirrup is suspended …
38stirrup pants — noun plural : women s pants that have a strap at the hem that goes under the foot * * * noun [plural] US : a pair of women s pants that have a strip of fabric on the bottom of each leg that goes underneath the foot * * * ˈstirrup pants 7 [stirrup …
39stirrup leather — noun Date: 14th century the looped strap suspending a stirrup …
40Stirrup Cup — A Stirrup Cup is a parting cup given by the Scottish Highlanders to guests when they are leaving and have their feet in the stirrups. In colloquial Highland Scots, by a borrowing from the Gaelic, the host may well, in inviting his guest to stay… …
