strop
any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
Also strap. Nautical, Machinery.
a rope or a band of metal surrounding and supporting a block, deadeye, etc.
a metal band surrounding the pulley of a block to transmit the load on the pulley to its hook or shackle.
a rope sling, as for handling cargo.
a ring or grommet of rope.
to sharpen on or as if on a strop.
Origin of strop
1Other words from strop
- stropper, noun
Words Nearby strop
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How to use strop in a sentence
There are attacks that may be cured by the razor-strop or a bucket of cold water, but these are exceptional.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThe 'Egeria,' schooner, was disabled very early in the race by the carrying away of the iron strop round her boom.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various."Be sure and don't cut my head off," murmured the orphan, as he watched the razor flashing to and fro along the strop.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks | Bracebridge HemyngThen I was turned out again, and if I failed again I got still more ‘strop,’ and went to bed without any supper.
Aletta | Bertram MitfordThey gave him an old razor, some soap and a strop, also a small brush, and he was ready for work.
Into the Jaws of Death | Jack O'Brien
British Dictionary definitions for strop
/ (strɒp) /
a leather strap or an abrasive strip for sharpening razors
a rope or metal band around a block or deadeye for support
mainly British informal a temper tantrum: he threw a strop and stormed off
(tr) to sharpen (a razor, etc) on a strop
Origin of strop
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