Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   stir·rup

   /ˈstirəp/

   noun

   • 1. each of a pair of devices attached to each side of a horse's saddle, in the form of a loop with a flat base to support the rider's foot.
   • 2. a pair of metal supports in which a woman's heels may be placed during gynecological examinations and childbirth, to hold her legs in a position that will facilitate medical examination or intervention.
   • 3. another term for stapes
   • 4. short for stirrup pants

   Word Origin Old Englishstigrāp, from the Germanic base of obsolete sty ‘climb’ + rope.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • R

     1

   • R

     1

   • U

     1

   • P

     3

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points