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41stirrup jar — pseudamphora. Also called stirrup vase. [1900 05] * * * …
42stirrup pump — noun a small hand operated pump; the stirrup shaped base was placed in a bucket of water, a small hose could direct a stream onto small fires …
43stirrup — SYN: stapes. [A.S. stirap] * * * stir·rup stər əpalso stir əpor stə rəp n 1) STAPES 2) an attachment to an examining or operating table designed to raise and spread the legs of a patient * * * n. (in anatomy) see stapes …
44stirrup — stir|rup [ˈstırəp US ˈstə: ] n [: Old English; Origin: stigrap rope for going up, stirrup ] one of the rings of metal in which someone riding a horse rests their feet …
45stirrup — [OE] A stirrup is etymologically a ‘climbing rope’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic compound formed from the base *stig ‘climb’ (source also of English stair and stile) and *raipaz (ancestor of English rope). The earliest stirrups… …
46stirrup n — It s just like a cowboy to stirrup trouble …
47stirrup pump — noun chiefly historical a portable hand operated water pump with a footrest resembling a stirrup, used to extinguish small fires …
48stirrup leather — /ˈstɪrəp lɛðə/ (say stiruhp ledhuh) noun the strap which holds the stirrup of a saddle …
49stirrup — [OE] A stirrup is etymologically a ‘climbing rope’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic compound formed from the base *stig ‘climb’ (source also of English stair and stile) and *raipaz (ancestor of English rope). The earliest stirrups… …
50stirrup iron — noun support consisting of metal loops into which rider s feet go • Syn: ↑stirrup • Hypernyms: ↑support • Part Holonyms: ↑saddle …
