- For the band, see The Straps.
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Word origin
"Strop" is the older form of strap, recorded since 1357 as loop or strap on a harness; strap appeared only since 1620 as a Scottish and/or nautical variant of 'strope.' The word "strop" probably derives from the Old French estrop, itself from the Latin stroppus "strap, band," perhaps from Etruscan, ultimately from Greek strophos "twisted band," from strephein "to turn".
Strap Television industry form of Motion graphics. Motion graphics are graphics that use video and/or animation technology to create the illusion of motion or a transforming appearance. ...
A narrow horizontal onscreen graphic device for holding text information over live action. Often just a name or caption but sometimes with scrolling information such as rolling credits or a News ticker. Usually in the lower part of the screen known as the lower third, straps can be animated, faded or just cut on and off. Commonly known in US as Lower thirds (where there is a more detailed description) and also in UK as astons Aston Broadcast Systems. News tickers often scroll headlines along the bottom of the screen during news & current affairs programs, such as on Australias Sunrise. ...
Lower thirds is television industry slang for graphics that take up the lower area of the screen, though not necessarily the lower third portion of the screen as the name implies. ...
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Binding straps Thin straps are used as part of clothing or baggage, or bedding such as a sleeping bag. See for example spaghetti strap, shoulder strap. A strap differs from a belt mainly in that a strap is usually integral to the item of clothing; either can be used in combination with buckles. Clothing protects the vulnerable nude human body from the extremes of weather, other features of our environment, and for safety reasons. ...
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A sleeping bag is a protective bag for a person to sleep in, essentially a blanket that can be closed with a zipper or similar means, and functions as a bed in situations where it is impractical to carry around a full bed. ...
Spaghetti straps are kind of narrow straps used in tank tops, cocktail dresses, evening gowns etc. ...
A shoulder strap may be one of a number of things: A length of fabric or other flexible material (such as leather, vinyl, rubber), used to suspend an item, often of some weight, from the shoulder(s). ...
Bold textA belt is a flexible band, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, and worn around the waist. ...
Archeological bronze buckles from southern Sweden A buckle (from Latin buccula) is a clasp used for fastening two things together, such as the ends of a belt, or for retaining the end of a strap. ...
Straps are also used as fasteners to attach and bind items, to objects, animals (for example a saddle on a horse) and people, or even to tie down people and animals, as on an apparatus for corporal punishment. Occasionally a strap is specified after what it binds or holds, e.g. chin strap. A fastener is a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together. ...
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Disciplinary strapping A strap may be used as an implement of physical punishment, known as a strapping. It is then typically a broad and heavy strip of leather, often with a hard handle with the more flexible 'blade' being applied to the victim. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Corporal punishment. ...
Probably because of the stiffness, the word "strap" is sometimes used interchangeably with a leather paddle. Other terms that are sometimes used interchangeably include whipping, lashing, and confusingly even in some official language, belting -in principle a belt is lighter, without a handle. These terms are strictly speaking reserved for other implements. A spanking paddle is a usually wooden instrument with a long, flat face and narrow neck, so called because it is roughly shaped like the homonymous piece of sports equipment, but existing in more varied sizes and dimensions, (length, width and thickness) used to administer a spanking to the buttocks...
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Belting is the use of belts made of strong materials (usually leather) as a whip-like instrument for corporal punishment (see that article for generalities). ...
Instead of a specially made disciplinary strap one can also, especially in a private sphere, use an object of the same stirrup leather, say in a stable. Like the Scottish tawse, which is a forked version with two or more tails, both are likely to be supplied by a saddlemaker. Haniwa horse statuette, complete with saddle and stirrups, 6th century, Kofun period, Japan. ...
A two-tailed leather tawse, produced for the BDSM market, resting on a pillow. ...
- The real thing, usually made for institutional use, is also known as a prison strap because it was mainly used on adult convicts – either for discipline within the prison system, or as an original judicial corporal punishment, often combined with prison time, imposed by court but carried out by prison staff. This has been the case notably in the USA (mainly the South, e.g. Arkansas at least until 1967; sometimes a spanking inflicted on the trousers, sometimes bare bottom but also used on the back) and Canada (until 1972; a spanking on the bare buttocks or stark naked). The strap has also been used on minors in reformatories and in schools (the latter particularly in Canada, on the hand, still reported in 2000).
- Because of the forceful impact a disciplinary strap makes, which can easily knock the recipient out of balance and fall over (reported by strapped punishees who were ordered to receive it while grabbing their ankles), the victim is usually supported in a bending or lying position, often tied down, e.g. over a table or punishment horse, or against a whipping post.
- Like the holed paddle, there is a version of the strap with holes. It intentionally increases the risk and severity of blistering if administered on the bare skin.
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This article is about the use of spanking as discipline. ...
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Razor strop In origin the word strop is simply an alternative form of strap, but it is now mainly used in the sense of a flexible rectangular piece of leather or canvas used for sharpening a razor, also known as a razor strop. Collection of Modern Safety Razors - Gillette Fusion Power, Gillette M3Power, Mach3 Turbo Champion, Schick Quattro Chrome, Schick Quattro Power, Gillette Mach3, Gillette Sensor, Schick Xtreme3, Schick Xtreme SubZero, and Schick Xtreme3 Disposables A razor is an edge tool primarily used in shaving. ...
It may be in the form of a hanging belt or a hand-held paddle. In both cases, as the names suggest, it makes a implement for punitive use (e.g. spanking), especially if made of leather, like a tawse; antique razor strops are generally heavier. Bold textA belt is a flexible band, typically made of leather or heavy cloth, and worn around the waist. ...
A paddle is a tool, originally a propulsion implement for mixing or pushing against liquids, typically in order to propel a boat. ...
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A two-tailed leather tawse, produced for the BDSM market, resting on a pillow. ...
Other uses - In nautical usage a strap is a short rope (or cable) with two loops at both ends, forming an eight without crossing itself because a seizing holds the two loops together. The rope is wound around a tackle whereas one of the loops is hung on a hook, in the other loop is the tackle.
- a strap can also be a piece of textile resembling the shape of a strap, often having a length exceeding the width, as in jock strap
- Taping is sometimes referred to as strapping. It is used in treating of overuse and sports injuries.
- In electronics usage strap or strapping refers to connecting pins on a chip, device, or circuit in a specified way to select built-in functionality, assign addresses, or define roles (such as master master or slave). Strapping can be built-in to the layout of a circuit board, made available on a header, or connected to a switch. Most straps connect pins directly to each other, to ground, or to voltage, but connecting through resistors or other simple circuits is also common.
- In professional wrestling, strap is a slang term sometimes used to refer to a title belt.
A strap is also widely used by musicians for the support of instruments such as guitars, basses, mandolins and banjos. A seizing is a knot used to hold two lines or two parts of the same line together. ...
This block and tackle on a davit of the Mercator is used to help lower a boat. ...
Jockstraps, also known as athletic supporters, are mens undergarments for use in sports and other activities. ...
Taping is a form of strapping. ...
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Integrated circuit of Atmel Diopsis 740 System on Chip showing memory blocks, logic and input/output pads around the periphery Microchips with a transparent window, showing the integrated circuit inside. ...
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Master/slave is a model for a communication protocol where one device or process has unidirectional control over one or more other devices. ...
Master/slave is a model for a communication protocol where one device or process has unidirectional control over one or more other devices. ...
Close-up photo of one side of a motherboard PCB, showing conductive traces, vias and solder points for through-hole components on the opposite side. ...
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International safety symbol Caution, risk of electric shock (ISO 3864), colloquially known as high voltage symbol. ...
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Verbs - The derived verb to strap means to use or apply a strap, such as to bind something (as with rope or string) or to inflict a disciplinary strapping
- The derived verb to strop means to use or apply a (razor) strop
Acronym - STRAP: Strategic Action Plan
- STRAP: Structural Alignment Program, a free computer program to elucidate phylogenetic and functional relationships between two or more proteins using 3D-structure
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