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strop

  [strop] ,noun, verb, stropped, strop⋅ping.
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–noun
1. any of several devices for sharpening razors, esp. a strip of leather or other flexible material.
2. Also, strap. Nautical, Machinery.
a. a rope or a band of metal surrounding and supporting a block, deadeye, etc.
b. a metal band surrounding the pulley of a block to transmit the load on the pulley to its hook or shackle.
c. a rope sling, as for handling cargo.
d. a ring or grommet of rope.
–verb (used with object)
3. to sharpen on or as if on a strop.
Origin:
bef. 1050; ME (n.), OE; c. D, LG strop; all prob. < L stroppus, var. of struppus strap

Related forms:
stropper, noun
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strop   (strŏp)   
n.  

  1. A strap, especially a short rope whose ends are spliced together to make a ring.

  2. A flexible strip of leather or canvas used for sharpening a razor.

tr.v.   stropped, strop·ping, strops
To sharpen (a razor) on a strop.

[Middle English strope, band of leather, probably from Old English, thong for an oar, from Latin stroppus, twisted cord, from Greek strophos, from strephein, to turn; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

strop 
1357, "loop or strap on a harness," probably from O.Fr. estrop (see strap). Specific sense of "leather strap used for sharpening razors" first recorded 1702. The verb in this sense is from 1841. Distribution of senses between strap and strop is arbitrary.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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