Strop

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strop \Strop\, n. [See {Strap}.]
     A strap; specifically, same as {Strap}, 3.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Strop \Strop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stropped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Stropping}.]
     To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen;
     as, to strop a razor.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strop \Strop\, n. [Cf. F. estrope, ['e]trope, fr. L. struppus.
     See {Strop} a strap.] (Naut.)
     A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round
     a block for hanging it.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strop
       n : a leather strap used to sharpen razors
       v : sharpen on a strop; "strop razors"
       [also: {stropping}, {stropped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "strop":
     Mystik tape, Scotch tape, aculeate, acuminate, adhesive tape, band,
     bandage, barb, batten, belt, cellophane tape, cloth tape,
     cuspidate, edge, fascia, file, fillet, friction tape, girdle,
     grind, hone, lath, ligula, ligule, list, masking tape, oilstone,
     plank, plastic tape, point, reset, ribband, ribbon, set, sharpen,
     shred, slat, slip, spiculate, spill, spline, spur, strake, strap,
     strip, taenia, tape, tape measure, tapeline, taper, ticker tape,
     whet