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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈstɪ.ɹəp/, (obsolete) /ˈstʌ.ɹəp/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈstɝ.əp/, /ˈstɪɹ.əp/
• 韻: -ɪɹəp, -ɜːɹəp

名詞

stirrup (plural stirrups)

1. (equestrianism) A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 36–37:

     With what different feelings did he now put foot in stirrup to the last time when he sprung to horse?

2. (by extension) Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.

   1. (climbing) A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing.

      Synonyms: aider, étrier

3. (anatomy) A stapes.
4. (nautical) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:stirrup.
5. (construction) A bent rebar wrapped around the main rebars to reinforce against shear stress.

派生語

形容詞

stirrup (not comparable)

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

参照

Further reading

• stirrup on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• irrupts