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Strap :: Strap (n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine..

Chaise :: Chaise (n.) A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thorough-braces. It is usually drawn by one horse..

Gab :: Gab (n.) The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.

Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..

Understrapping :: Understrapping (a.) Becoming an understrapper; subservient.

Brace :: Brace (n.) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.

Strapple :: Strapping (a.) Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow..

Stropped :: Strop (n.) A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3..

Lingulate :: Lingulate (a.) Shaped like the tongue or a strap; ligulate.

Strappado :: Strappadoes (pl. ) of Strappad.

Leam :: Leam (n.) A cord or strap for leading a dog.

Chapelet :: Chapelet (n.) 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..

Sandal :: Sandal (n.) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper..

Stirrup :: Stirrup (v. i.) A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap to the saddle, -- used to assist a person in mounting a horse, and to enable him to sit steadily in riding, as well as to relieve him by supporting a part of the weight of the body..

Tail :: Tail (n.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything..

Scourge :: Scourge (n.) A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip..

Tumpline :: Tumpline (n.) A strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him in carrying a pack on his back.

Semifloscule :: Semifloscule (n.) A floscule, or florest, with its corolla prolonged into a strap-shaped petal; -- called also semifloret..

Strap-shaped :: Strapple (v. t.) To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle..

Thong :: Thong (n.) A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything..

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