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Keeper :: Keeper (n.) A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap..

Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like..

Trappy :: Trappy (a.) Same as Trappous.

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder..

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..

Traphole :: Traphole (n.) See Trou-de-loup.

Cul-de-sac :: Cul-de-sac (n.) A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap..

Illaqueate :: Illaqueate (v. t.) To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch.

Jess :: "Jess (n.) A short strap of leather or silk secured round the leg of a hawk, to which the leash or line, wrapped round the falconer's hand, was attached when used. See Illust. of Falcon..

Strappado :: Strappadoes (pl. ) of Strappad.

Cob :: Cob (n.) A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood.

Gear :: Gear (n.) The harness of horses or cattle; trapping.

Betrapped :: Betrapped (imp. & p. p.) of Betra.

Amygdaloid :: Amygdaloid (n.) A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava..

Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A trap for catching flies.

Entrap :: Entrap (v. t.) To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men..

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.

Strap :: Strapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stra.

Strap :: Strap (n.) A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass..

Baby Jumper :: Baby jumper () A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor..

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