Stirrup

(stur'rŭp.) [A. S. stir up.] (Shipbuilding.) A piece of timber used in replacing a piece lost from off the keel of a ship.- (pl.) (Naut.) Short ropes with plaited upper ends and eyed lower ends, nailed round the yards, for receiving the reeved hawsers and keeping them parallel to the sails. [s. 858]