STRAP

Definitions for the word, strap

(n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.

(n.) A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

(n.) A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.

(n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.

(n.) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.

(n.) A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.

(n.) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.

(v. t.) To beat or chastise with a strap.

(v. t.) To fasten or bind with a strap.

(v. t.) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.