strop : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: strop	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for strop
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strop n a leather strap used to sharpen razors v sharpen on a strop; "strop razors"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strop \Strop\, n. [See {Strap}.] A strap; specifically, same as {Strap}, 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strop \Strop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stropped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stropping}.] To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strop \Strop\, n. [Cf. F. estrope, [82]trope, fr. L. struppus. See {Strop} a strap.] (Naut.) A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.