stirrup
stirrup is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
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- intransitive verb. A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body.
- intransitive verb. Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron.
- intransitive verb. A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.
- noun. support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go
- noun. the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea
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