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strap
English
Alternative forms
- strop, strope
Etymology
From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stropp, from Late Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong, strap; oar-thong”) and Old French estrope (“strap, loop on a harness”), both from Latin stroppus, struppus (“strap”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (stróphos, “rope”), from ?????? (stréph?, “to twist”). Cognate with Scots strap, strop (“strap, band, thong”), Dutch strop (“noose, strop, loop”), Low German Strop (“strap”), German Struppe, Strüppe, Strippe (“string, cord”), Danish strop (“strap”), Swedish stropp (“strap, loop”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?æp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Noun
strap (countable and uncountable, plural straps)
- 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 narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
- (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- (slang, uncountable, archaic) Credit offered to a customer, especially for alcoholic drink.
- (journalism) Synonym of strapline
- (slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (sutorappu)
Translations
Verb
strap (third-person singular simple present straps, present participle strapping, simple past and past participle strapped)
- (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
- (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop
Derived terms
- strap on a pair
- strap-on
Translations
Anagrams
- TRAPS, parts, prats, rapts, sprat, tarps, traps
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /strap/
Verb
strap
- second-person singular imperative of strapi?
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chapelet
English
Etymology
French. See chaplet.
Noun
chapelet (plural chapelets)
- A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.
- A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
French
Etymology
From Old French chapel (“hat”) + -et.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.pl?/
Noun
chapelet m (plural chapelets)
- (obsolete) wreath (of flowers)
- rosary, beads
- (figuratively) string, hatful (of objects, ideas etc.)
Derived terms
- chapelet thaï
Further reading
- “chapelet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
chapel +? -et
Noun
chapelet m (oblique plural chapelez or chapeletz, nominative singular chapelez or chapeletz, nominative plural chapelet)
- small hat
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