one of the metal rings that hang down on each side of a horse’s saddle, used to support the rider’s foot Wordfinderhorsebridle, gallop, harness, horse, paddock, rein, stable, stirrup, tack, thoroughbred Oxford Collocations Dictionary verb + stirrupadjust, rise in, stand in, … stirrup + nounleather prepositionfrom a/the stirrup, in a/the stirrup, into a/the stirrup, … See full entry See related entries: Equine sports Word OriginOld English stigrāp, from the Germanic base of obsolete sty ‘climb’ + rope.Extra examples He put his feet in the stirrups. She had to lengthen her stirrup leathers. She stood up in her stirrups to see where the others had gone.
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