Search the Dictionary

A strap that runs across a horse's breast. Ash.

catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.

The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.

cket for cartridges. -- Cartridge box, a case, usually of leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges. -- Cartridge paper. (a) A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges. (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon.

e we have lived a cat and dog life of it." Coleridge. -- Cat block (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. -- Cat hook (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. -- Cat nap, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] -- Cat o' nine tails, an ins…

A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thoroughbraces. It is usually drawn by one horse.

frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.

A pair of Straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider. [Written also chaplet.]

An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. Knight.

A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. Wright.

A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.

A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.

That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindbrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse. He that before ran in the pastures wild Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws. Drayton. By these men, re…

punishment inflicted by way of correction and training. Giving her the discipline of the strap. Addison.

A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.

volving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound.

c combinations of eccentric circles. -- Eccentric gear. (Mach.) (a) The whole apparatus, strap, and other parts, by which the motion of an eccentric is transmitted, as in the steam engine. (b) A cogwheel set to turn about an eccentric axis used to give variable rotation. -- Eccentric hook or gab, a hook-shaped journa…

The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.

e), the fixed wedge or gib, and the driving wedge,key, or cotter, used for tightening the strap which holds the brasses at the end of a connecting rod.

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder. Meyrick (Ancient Armor).