strap

STRAP, noun [Latin strap and strop appear to be from stripping, and perhaps stripe also; all having resemblance to a strip of bark peeled from a tree.] 1. A long narrow slip of cloth or lether, of various forms and for various uses; as the strap of a shoe or boot; straps for fastening trunks or other baggage, for stretching limbs in surgery, etc. 2. In botany, the flat part of the corollet in ligulate florets; also, an appendage to the leaf in some grasses. STRAP, verb transitive 1. To beat or chastise with a strap 2. To fasten or bind with a strap 3. To rub on a strap for sharpening, as a razor.