1.A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging. "A lively cobbler that... had scarce passed a day without giving her (his wife) the discipline of the strap."
2.Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.
3.A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.
