strop

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor.
2. A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it.

Verb

1. To hone (a razor or knife) with a strop.
2. (obsolete) To strap.

Verb

To mark a sequence of letters syntactically as having a special property, such as being a keyword, e.g. by enclosing in apostrophes as in 'foo' or writing in uppercase as in FOO.

Concepts

estrope

cuir à rasoir

lanière

Synonymes

grind

strap

edge

razor strop

whet

sharpen

hone

abrase

polish up

work at

acuminate

stroke

brush up

refine

sand

set

wipe

work on

Traductions

coramella

scheerriem

Streichriemen

kılağılamak

ακονίζω

λωρί ξυραφιού

τροχίζω ξυράφι

ακονίζω ξυράφι

حدّ

strop

wetten

afilador

afilar

afilón

asentador

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/stɹɒp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Same as strap (which see); recorded in English since 1702. The verb sense referring to honing a sharp edge is recorded since 1842.