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Strap   /stræp/   Listen
noun
Strap  n.  
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.
4.
A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. Specifically:
(a)
(Carp. & Mach.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
(b)
(Naut.) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
5.
(Bot.)
(a)
The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
(b)
The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
6.
A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder.
Strap bolt, a bolt of which one end is a flat bar of considerable length.
Strap head (Mach.), a journal box, or pair of brasses, secured to the end of a connecting rod by a strap.
Strap hinge, a hinge with long flaps by which it is fastened, as to a door or wall.
Strap rail (Railroads), a flat rail formerly used.


verb
Strap  v. t.  (past & past part. strapped; pres. part. strapping)  
1.
To beat or chastise with a strap.
2.
To fasten or bind with a strap.
3.
To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Strap" Quotes from Famous Books



... chance," said the hunter, "but I think with you, Tom, that it's worth trying. Now, boys, make fast the packs to the last strap, ...
— The Great Sioux Trail - A Story of Mountain and Plain • Joseph Altsheler
... yonder were his cows being led off the place like large and foolish women, who are nevertheless kindness itself, and you are fond of them because you have known them since you were young. They were led out through the lanes, and strange boys urged them on with bits of strap. And he patted his horses on the rump for the last time and sold them to the highest bidder, these fine old fellows who were perhaps the only beings in the world that understood him and knew him and esteemed him. He had known them since they were boys full of pomp and show. Now he ...
— Seven Icelandic Short Stories • Various
... sitting at the far end of the seat, hatless, coatless, in his indoor strap shoes; and he was regarding her with grave, ...
— Jan and Her Job • L. Allen Harker
... 'shawl-strap'? Not I!" cried Bess, gaily. "I am Queen Bess, monarch of all I survey. Katie!"—the neat little maid had just entered the room—"will you hand me the book I was reading in the other room? I'm too weak to rise. ...
— Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays • Annie Roe Carr
... desperately upon him, upon the strap of the Indian basket which crossed his sun-scorched forehead, upon his crystal-blue eyes of a hunter, upon his wounded left hand, upon the sinewy red fist that grasped a rifle, the make of which ...
— In Secret • Robert W. Chambers


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