strop

/strɑp/
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Other forms: strops; stropping; stropped

Definitions of strop
  1. noun
    a leather strap used to sharpen razors
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    type of:
    sharpener
    any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper
    strap
    an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
  2. verb
    sharpen on a strop
    “strop razors”
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    type of:
    sharpen
    make sharp or sharper
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