1. A long narrow slip of cloth or lether, of various forms and for various uses; as the strap of a shoe or boot; straps for fastening trunks or other baggage, for stretching limbs in surgery, _c.

2. In botany, the flat part of the corollet in ligulate florets; also, an appendage to the leaf in some grasses.

, v.t.

1. To beat or chastise with a strap.

2. To fasten or bind with a strap.

3. To rub on a strap for sharpening, as a razor.