strop
noun
- strap
- a device, esp. a thick leather band, used for putting a fine edge on razors
transitive verb stropped, stropping
to sharpen on a strop
See strop in American Heritage Dictionary 4
strop
noun- A strap, especially a short rope whose ends are spliced together to make a ring.
- A flexible strip of leather or canvas used for sharpening a razor.
transitive verb stropped stropped,
stropping strop·ping,
strops To sharpen (a razor) on a strop.
Origin: Middle English strope, band of leather, probably from Old English, thong for an oar, from Latin stroppus, twisted cord, from Greek strophos, from strephein, to turn; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.
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