étrier

English

Etymology

From French étrier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɪ.tɹi.jeɪ/

Noun

étrier (plural étriers)

  1. (climbing) A mountaineer's stirrup.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French estrier, from Old French estrief, estreu (a ring hanging on each side of the saddle supporting a rider's foot), from Frankish *streup (buckle, stirrup), perhaps for Frankish *stigareip (stirrup). Compare Old High German stegareif (stirrup), Middle Dutch stegerep (stirrup), Old English stīrāp, stiġrāp (stirrup), Old Norse stigreip (stirrup). See also étrivière. More at stirrup.

Pronunciation

Noun

étrier m (plural étriers)

  1. (equestrianism) stirrup
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary [][1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      Les harnais de voiture étaient dressés dans le milieu sur deux colonnes tournantes, et les mors, les fouets, les étriers, les gourmettes rangés en ligne tout le long de la muraille.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (anatomy) stirrup bone, stapes
  3. (climbing) stirrup, étrier (UK)
  4. caliper (part of a brake)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: étrier
  • Romanian: etrier

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