Strap Definition

străp
strapped, strapping, straps
noun
straps
A long narrow strip of pliant material such as leather.
American Heritage
A narrow strip or band of leather or other flexible material, often with a buckle or similar fastener at one end, for binding or securing things.
Webster's New World
Any flat, narrow piece, as of metal, used as a fastening.
Webster's New World
A narrow band formed into a loop for grasping with the hand.
American Heritage
Any of several straplike parts or things, as a shoulder strap, a loop for pulling on boots, a razor strop, etc.
Webster's New World
verb
strapped, strapping, straps
To fasten with a strap.
Webster's New World
To beat with a strap.
Webster's New World
To strop (a razor)
Webster's New World

To fasten or bind with a strap.

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Other Word Forms of Strap

Noun

Singular:
strap
Plural:
straps

Origin of Strap

  • From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness"), from Middle English strope, stropp, from Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong, strap; oar-thong"), from Latin stroppus, struppus (“strap"), from Ancient Greek στρόφος (strophos, “rope"), from στρέφω (strephō, “to twist"). Cognate with Scots strap, strop (“strap, band, thong"), Dutch strop (“noose, strop, loop"), Low German Strop (“strap"), German Struppe, Strüppe, Strippe (“string, cord"), Danish strop (“strap"), Swedish stropp (“strap, loop").

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  • Alteration of strop

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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