stirrup: [OE] A stirrup is etymologically a ‘climbing rope’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic compound formed from the base *stig- ‘climb’ (source also of English stair and stile) and *raipaz (ancestor of English rope). The earliest stirrups were looped pieces of rope. => rope, stair, stile
stirrup (n.)
Old English stigrap "a support for the foot of a person mounted on a horse," literally "climbing rope," from stige "a climbing, ascent" (from Proto-Germanic *stigaz "climbing;" see stair) + rap (see rope (n.)). Originally a looped rope as a help for mounting. Germanic cognates include Old Norse stigreip, Middle Dutch stegerep, Old High German stegareif, German stegreif. Surgical device used in childbirth, etc., so called from 1884. Stirrup-cup (1680s) was a cup of wine or other drink handed to a rider already on horseback and setting out on a journey, hence "a parting glass" (compare French le vin de l'etrier).
例文
1. She had to lengthen her stirrup leathers.
彼女はあぶみの長いベルトを置かなければならない。
2.Jane put one foot in the near stirrup and turned to look at the stranger.
片足を短くして近くであぶみをかけ、見知らぬ人を振り向いて見ている。
3.The stirrup leathers rubbed raw patches on his legs.
馬の足の皮膚を擦りむいて痛みを引き起こした。
4.He walked up to the horse and put his foot in the stirrup .
彼は馬のそばに行って、馬のペダルに足をかけた。
5.If you speak the truth，have a foot in the stirrup .