straps

Noun

strap (countable and uncountable, plural straps)

1. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
   • The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
   1. A strap worn on the shoulder.
2. A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
   • a lively cobbler, that […] had scarce passed a day in his life without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap.1712 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, October 2, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 499; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a...
3. Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
4. A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
5. (machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.

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