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Look up: strap

  1. Strap
    A strap, sometimes also called strop, is an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of fabric or leather. Thin straps are used as part of clothing or baggage, or bedding such as a sleeping bag. See for example spaghetti strap, shoulder strap. A strap differs from a belt mainly in that a strap is usually ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strap

  2. strap
    [n] - hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train 2. [n] - a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag 3. [n] - an elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Strap
    A subheading used above the main headline in a newspaper article.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829

  4. strap
    a connection link between two tags,terminals or items of equipment Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a short length of cable with an eye spliced at each end for attaching blocks to stumps,etc. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries &bul...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Strap
    Strap noun [ Middle English strope , Anglo-Saxon stropp , Latin stroppus , struppus , perhaps from Greek ... a band or cord, from ... to twist, to turn (cf. Strophe ). Confer Strop a strap, a piece of rope.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/207

  6. Strap
    Strap transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Strapped ; present participle & verbal noun Strapping .] 1. To beat or chastise with a strap. 2. To fasten or bind with...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/207

  7. strap
    1. A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging. 'A lively cobbler that . . . Had scarce passed a day without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap.' (Addison) ... 2. Something made of such a strip, or of a part of ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. strap
    noun whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. strap
    noun a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. strap
    (strap) a band or strip, as of adhesive tape, used in attaching parts to each other. to bind down tightly. Montgomery straps straps made of lengths of adhesive tape folded back on themselves at one end, with a hole that allows insertion of a tape tie; they are appli...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  11. Strap
    • (n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine. • (n.) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything. • (n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a r...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. strap
    (from the article `baking`) Advances in high-capacity baking equipment include a chamber oven with a conveyor that carries pan assemblies (called straps) along a roughly spiral ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/169

  13. Strap
    A variation of a straddle; two calls and one put on a stock when the puts and calls have the same strike price and expiration date. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
    Found on http://www.equitrend.com/glossary3837.xh

  14. strap
    A bundle consists of 1,000 notes of the same denomination in ten equal straps. ... Standard Strap (100 notes) ... Each full strap must have only one strap around it....
    Found on http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.js

  15. strap
    A strap contains 100 notes of the same denomination, bound by a color-coded paper strap or Federal Reserve approved non-paper strap....
    Found on http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.js

  16. Strap
    Strap is British slang for credit.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  17. Strap
    Strap is British slang for credit.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  18. strap
    Type: Term Pronunciation: strap Definitions: 1. A strip of adhesive plaster. 2. To apply overlapping strips of adhesive plaster.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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