n. Same as strap. Specificallyn. A strap or strip of leather, thick canvas, or other flexible material, suitably propared for smoothing the edge of a razor drawn over it while it is attached by one end and held in the hand by the other; hence also, by extension, a two-sided or four-sided piece of wood, with a handle and a casing, having strips of leather of differing surfaces affixed to two sides, and the two other sides, when (as more commonly) present, covered with coarser and finer emery or other abrasive powder for use in honing a razor.n. Nautical, same as strap, 1 .n. In rope-making, a rope with an eye at each end, used in twisting strands.To sharpen on or as if on a strop or strap.