6. A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder. Strap bolt, a bolt of which one end is a flat bar of considerable length. — Strap head (Mach.), a journal box, or pair of brasses, secured to the end of a connecting rod by a strap. See Illust. of Gib and key, under Gib. — Strap hinge, a hinge with long flaps by which it is fastened, as to a door or wall. — Strap rail (Railroads), a flat rail formerly used.
STRAP
Strap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Strapping.]
1. To beat or chastise with a strap.
2. To fasten or bind with a strap. Cowper.
3. To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
STRAPPADO Strap*pa"do, n.; pl. Strappadoes. Etym: [It. strappata a pull, the strappado, from strappare to pull, from Prov. G. strapfen: cf. G. straff tense, stretched.]
Defn: A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. Shak.
STRAPPADO
Strap*pa"do, v. t.
Defn: To punish or torture by the strappado. Milton.
STRAPPER
Strap"per, n.