n. A narrow strip of leather or other flexible material, generally used for some mechanical purpose, as to surround and hold together, or to retain in place. , n. A long and narrow piece of thin iron or other metal used to hold different parts together, as of a frame or the sides of a box; a leaf of a hinge; in carpentry, an iron plate for connecting two or more timbers, to which it is bolted or screwed.n. In botany, the ligule in florets of Compositæ (see ligule); also, in some grasses, the leaf exclusive of its sheath.n. A string.n. Credit; originally, credit for drink.n. In a vehicle: A plate on the upper side of the tongue and resting upon the doubletree, to aid in holding the wagou-hammer.n. A clip, such as that which holds a spring to the spring-bar or to the axle.n. The stirrupshaped piece of a clevis.n. A strap-oyster.To fasten or bind with a strap: especially in the sense of compressing and holding very closely: often with up or down.To beat or chastise with a strap.To sharpen with a strap; strop, as a razor.To hang.n. In machinery: The narrow band which surrounds the disk of a steam-engine eccentric and forms the bearing-surface for the eccentric-rod. It is usually separate from the latter and bolted to it, generally in two parts to permit adjustment for wear.n. An enveloping band of steel, somewhat U-shaped, which passes around the outside of the brasses at the ends of a steam-engine connecting-rod, and, by means of bolts, wedges, and gib and key, makes a solid unit of the connecting-rod end or stub, while providing for easy adjustment or renewal as wear occurs upon the bearings on the pins.n. In iron ship-building, a narrow-strip of plate or a bar with a wide flange used to unite two parts to each of which the strap is riveted. See also butt-strap and seam-strap.
