strop
2
9.8
- noun
- /strɒp/
:
correa
- The barber expertly used the leather strop to sharpen the straight razor before his next customer.
Examples
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She could bear his hand or the leather strop, but not those silent eyes, not when she could see in them a world of experience unapproachable by daydream or nightmare.
Fiction book (2000) -
A leather razor strop hangs from a nail on one wall, near a round mirror.
Fiction book (1991) -
Every day the knife was honed on a barber's strop, and it was so sharp it passed through the dough like a cold wind.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Machine turned the straight razor down and slashed the strop in two.”
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At one noon stop, at a snowed-over creek crossing, he found a small canvas sack stuck in a hole under a fallen alder trunk; it contained a nicked and bent razor, strop, and a fragment of mirror.
Fiction book (1997) -
He carefully attached the new leather strop to the handle for sharpening his collection of razors.
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Every morning, he would check the condition of his strop to ensure it was ready for a clean shave.
Synonyms
A long narrow piece of leather used for tying or fastening things
How Effective
- Specialized
1
3.9
2
7.6
2
9.8
10
1.1
4
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strop comes from an old word meaning 'strap' or 'loop' and is like the familiar English word strap. People used a leather strap to rub a razor's edge, so a strop is the leather strip used to sharpen and keep the blade straight.