A tight-fitting item of clothing which covers the body and not the limbs.
An entire suit of armor, made up chiefly of the breastplate and backpiece worn with a headpiece and with a gorget, pauldrons, vambraces, gauntlets, and tassets attached.
The thorax of an insect.
Armor for the body, for example a breastplate and backpiece taken together.
A type of women's underwear, combining a bra and a girdle in one garment; a corselette.
A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
Synonym of strapline
A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
A strap worn on the shoulder.
A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
To fasten or bind with a strap.
To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.