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Strap   /stræp/   Listen
Strap

noun
1.
An elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.
2.
Hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it.
3.
A band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag.  Synonym: shoulder strap.
4.
Whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging.
verb
(past & past part. strapped; pres. part. strapping)
1.
Tie with a strap.
2.
Beat severely with a whip or rod.  Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, trounce, welt, whip.  "The children were severely trounced"
3.
Sharpen with a strap.
4.
Secure (a sprained joint) with a strap.



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"Strap" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'orse does seventy-five per cent. of 'is dirty work with 'is 'ind-legs it is advisable to keep clear of 'em, rail 'em off or strap boxing-gloves on 'em. The legs of the 'orse is very delicate and liable to crock up, so do not try to trim off any unsightly knobs that may appear on them with a hand-axe—a little of that 'as been known to spoil a ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, August 1, 1917. • Various
... the evening, with the man who had been sent to meet her, she was clad in a dark-blue cloak, fastened with a strap, and set with stones quite down to the hem. She wore glass beads around her neck, and upon her head a black lambskin hood, lined with white catskin. In her hands she carried a staff upon which there was a knob, which was ornamented ...
— The True Story Book • Andrew Lang
... old woman," he soliloquized with enthusiasm as he was driven home that night, sitting in the middle of the carriage cushions with one arm swung impartially through the strap on each side. "And she has invited me to Sunday evening supper. Me!—after all these years—in ...
— The Mettle of the Pasture • James Lane Allen
... in his house under his own hand. He has not to go back to the village a mile away if anything breaks. We never thought, as these people do, that all repairs to tools and ploughs can be done on the very spot. All that is needed when a strap breaks, is that each ploughman should have an awl and a leather-cutter to stitch the leather. How is it with us in our country? If leather breaks, we farmers say that leather is unclean, and we go back from the fields into the village to the village cobbler that he may mend it. Unclean? ...
— The Eyes of Asia • Rudyard Kipling
... man is to be away from home over night he usually carries his food and blanket, if he has one, in the waterproof fang'-ao slung on his back and supported by a bejuco strap passing over each shoulder and under the arm. This is the so-called "head basket," and, as a matter of fact, is carried on war expeditions by those pueblos that use it, though it is also employed in more peaceful occupations. As a cargador the man carries ...
— The Bontoc Igorot • Albert Ernest Jenks


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