Usually means: Support for foot in riding.
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  1. stirrup: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stirrup: Merriam-Webster
  3. stirrup: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stirrup: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. stirrup: Collins English Dictionary
  6. stirrup: Vocabulary.com
  7. Stirrup, stirrup: Wordnik
  8. stirrup: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Stirrup: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. stirrup: Wiktionary
  11. stirrup: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. stirrup: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. stirrup: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. stirrup: Dictionary.com
  15. stirrup: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. stirrup: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Stirrup (bone), Stirrup (disambiguation), Stirrup: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Stirrup: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. stirrup: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. stirrup: Rhymezone
  21. stirrup: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. stirrup: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. Stirrup: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. stirrup: FreeDictionary.org
  25. stirrup: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. stirrup: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stirrup: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. stirrup: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Stirrup: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Stirrup (stapes): Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. stirrup: Medical dictionary
  7. Stirrup: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stirrup: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Stirrup: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (equestrianism) A ring or hoop suspended by a rope or strap from the saddle, for a horseman's foot while mounting or riding.
noun:  (by extension) Any piece shaped like the stirrup of a saddle, used as a support, clamp, etc.
noun:  (climbing) A portable, flexible ladder-like device used in climbing.
noun:  (anatomy) A stapes.
noun:  (nautical) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
noun:  (construction) A bent rebar wrapped around the main rebars to reinforce against shear stress.
adjective:  Referring to women's pants/trousers: being of a form, commonly worn by women, that includes a strap beneath the arch of the foot.
noun:  A surname.

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