strap is a Noun
[1] A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging. A lively cobbler that . . . had scarce passed a day without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap. Addison.
[2] Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.
[3] A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.
[4] A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. Specifically: --
[5] A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine. (b) (Naut.)
[6] A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
[7] The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
[8] The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
[9] A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder. Strap bolt, a bolt of which one end is a flat bar of considerable length. -- Strap head (Mach.), a journal box, or pair of brasses, secured to the end of a connecting rod by a strap. See Illust. of Gib and key, under Gib. -- Strap hinge, a hinge with long flaps by which it is fastened, as to a door or wall. -- Strap rail (Railroads), a flat rail formerly used.
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