stropper

Variant of strop

noun

  1. strap
  2. a device, esp. a thick leather band, used for putting a fine edge on razors

Origin: ME, a band, thong, noose < OE, akin to MHG strupfe < early WGmc loanword < L struppus < Gr strophos, a twisted band: for IE base see strophe

transitive verb stropped, stropping

to sharpen on a strop

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