1. (n.) 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.

2. (v. i.) Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron.

3. (n.) A rope secured to a yard, with a thimble in its lower end for supporting a footrope.

Eustachian tube anvil auditory apparatus auditory canal auditory meatus auditory nerve auditory ossicles auditory tube auricle basilar membrane bellyband bony labyrinth cauliflower ear cinch cochlea conch concha drumhead ear ear lobe eardrum endolymph external ear girt girth hammer horn incus inner ear jockey lobe lobule lug malleus mastoid process middle ear organ of Corti outer ear oval window perilymph pinna pommel round window secondary eardrum semicircular canals shell stapes surcingle tympanic cavity tympanic membrane tympanum vestibule