strap
/stɹæp/ noun C1- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
Plural straps
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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When they returned to the castle the Wicked Witch beat them well with a strap, and sent them back to their work, after which she sat down to think what she should do next.
There was a small portmanteau in the room, and this he pulled out and began to strap.
The poet sings of the “crowded hour of glorious life.” The broker’s hour is not only crowded, but the minutes and seconds are hanging to all the straps and packing both front and rear platforms.
He was dressed with all the English peculiarity, namely, in a blue coat, with gilt buttons and high collar, in the fashion of 1811, a white kerseymere waistcoat, and nankeen pantaloons, three inches too short, but which were prevented by straps from slipping up to the knee.
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