Emily Dickinson Lexicon

STRAP, n. [D. strop, a rope or halter; Dan. and Sw. strop; Sax. stropp.; L. strupus. Strap and strop appear to be from stripping, and perhaps stripe also; all having resemblance to a strip of bark peeled from a tree.]

1. A long narrow slip of cloth or leather, of various forms and for various uses; as, the strap of a shoe or boot; straps for fastening trunks or other baggage, for stretching limbs in surgery, &c.
2. In botany, the flat part of the corollet in ligulate florets; also, the leaf exclusive of its sheath in some grasses. – Martyn.