strap

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A narrow strip of leather, cloth, or other material used to fasten, carry, or hold something.

   The strap of her bag broke as she lifted it.

2. 2
   verb

   To fasten or hold something in place using a strap or straps.

   He strapped the boxes to the roof of the car.

3. 3
   verb

   To support an injured joint by binding it tightly with a strap or bandage.

   The nurse strapped his sprained ankle before the match.

From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stroppe, from Late Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong, strap; oar-thong”) and Old French estrope (“strap, loop on a harness”), both from Latin stroppus, struppus (“strap”), from Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “rope”) (compare strophe), from στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ- (compare Proto-West Germanic *stroppōn (“to twist, writhe”)). Cognate with Scots strap, strop (“strap, band, thong”), Dutch strop (“noose, strop, loop”), Low German Strop (“strap”), German St…

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