strop

(Inglês)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/stɹɒp/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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

Sinônimos

grind

strap

edge

razor strop

whet

sharpen

hone

abrase

polish up

work at

acuminate

stroke

brush up

refine

sand

set

wipe

work on