strappingn.1
/ˈstrapɪŋ/ 1. The action of strap v.1; also an instance of this.
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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with leather or strap
strapping1806
thonging1860
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > [noun] > milking > last drainings
strokings1602
streakings1658
afterings1688
stripping1781
strapping1806
jibbings1824
hind milk1895
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > fastening with a strap
strapping1806
1806 Sheridan in Sheridaniana (1826) 200 Oh! I'll give them—a strapping!
1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. viii. 116 He..was better pleased when superintending the mousing of a stay or the strapping of a block.
1865 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) Strapping, the dressing of ulcers by means of straps or strips of adhesive plaster, linen, &c.
1914 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 161/1 Slappings, strappings, and curses were the portion of Maria Assunta.
2. concrete.
a. Surgery. Adhesive plaster for binding up wounds.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > sticking-plaster
patch?c1425
sticking plaster1584
dry stitch1674
strap1749
sticking silk1766
court-plaster1773
adhesive bandage1797
strapping1818
adhesive1835
Band-Aid1924
Elastoplast1928
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > [noun] > bandaging > with adhesive plaster
strapping1818
1818 S. F. Gray Suppl. Pharmacopœias 243 Adhesive Plaisters, Strapping,..much used by surgeons to close the lips of wounds, and retain dressings.
1898 E. C. E. Lückes Gen. Nursing vii. 86 The strapping for fractured ribs should be cut three inches wide.
b. Iron straps or bands for strengthening woodwork, etc.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > supporting strip of wood or metal > collectively
strapping1862
1862 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (ed. 9) 107 The iron strapping is retained in its place by means of the pin.
c. Leather straps for harness, machinery, etc.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > straps
lorainc1290
lingel1460
breeching1515
breastplate1578
martingale1584
rudstay1688
running martingale1747
breastband1783
breast collar1789
rump band1844
check-strap1857
kicking-strap1861
point1875
strapping1882
1882 J. Philipson Harness 17 Such parts of the hide..as are most suitable..for traces, backbands, and other heavy strapping.
1885 Harper's Mag. Jan. 280/1 [Leather.] Strapping, staying, and all kinds of binding are sold by the gross.
d. Dressmaking. Trimming composed of narrow bands.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > trimmings or ornamentation > other
jace1399
loopa1475
shakers1506
aglet1530
nerve1531
pipe1533
targeting1563
pinion1583
pinioning1597
tzitzit1618
loop-lace1632
button1671
tip1681
fal-lal1703
falbala1705
furbelow1706
jewelling1718
weeper1724
pompom1748
chiffons1765
foliage-trimming1818
mancheron1822
piping1825
manchette1835
patte1835
streamer1838
waterfall1841
paillette1843
brandenburgs1873
motif1882
patch1884
smocking1888
jockey1896
strapping1898
steel1899
sparklet1902
slotting1923
1898 Westm. Gaz. 31 Mar. 3/1 Velvet strappings.. are quite de rigueur this spring.
1901 Daily News 16 Feb. 6/7 The black-cloth gown..trimmed with black silk strappings.
1904 Daily News 13 June 5 The waistband and strappings on the bodice were of yellow velvet.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
strapping plate n.
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1860 Eng. & Foreign Mining Gloss. (new ed.) (Cornwall Terms) 24 Strapping plates, the iron plates by which the connection rods are fastened to each other.
C2.
strapping-master n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman > taskmaster > exacting hard work
strapping-master1851
Simon Legree1857
ball-breaker1950
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 233/1 The strapping masters, or those who make the men (by extra supervision) ‘strap’ to their work, so as to do a greater quantity of labour in the usual time.
strapping-shop n. (see quots.).
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society > occupation and work > workplace > types of workplace generally > [noun] > with long hours and low wages
sweating-place1850
strapping-shop1851
black house1861
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 304/1 The shops where this system is enforced are termed ‘strapping-shops’, as indicative of establishments where an undue quantity of work is expected from a journeyman in the course of the day.
strapping-tin n. a tin containing hot water, on the outside of which surgical plaster is warmed.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > poultice, plaster, or compress > device for warming plaster
strapping-tin1898
1898 E. C. E. Lückes Gen. Nursing vii. 86 The nurse..handing the surgeon the strips..duly warmed by placing the non-adhesive side of the plaster across the hot-water strapping tins.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
strappingn.2
dialect.
(See quots.)
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1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 303 Strappings, Strippings, Stroakings, the last milk drawn or drained from a cow in milking.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Strappings, the last milk forced from the udder, particularly rich in quality.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
strappingadj.
/ˈstrapɪŋ/ a. Originally of a young woman: †Full of activity, vigorous, lusty (obsolete). Now of a person of either sex: Strongly and stoutly built, robust, sturdy.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > specifically of a young woman
strapping1657
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective]
stalworthc1175
thicka1250
stubblea1300
quarryc1300
stalworthyc1300
stoura1350
sturdyc1386
buirdlya1400
squarec1430
couragec1440
craskc1440
substantialc1460
ample1485
stalwart1508
puddinga1540
full-bodied1588
robust1666
two-handed1687
swankinga1704
strapping1707
broad-set1708
thick-set1724
throddy?1748
thick-bodied1752
broad-built1771
junky1825
swankie1838
stodgy1854
wide-bodied1854
beefish1882
hunky1911
buff1982
buffed1986
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust
strongeOE
hardOE
stalworthc1175
starka1250
stiff1297
steel to the (very) backa1300
stalworthyc1300
wightc1300
stable13..
valiant1303
stithc1325
toughc1330
wrast1338
stoura1350
sadc1384
wighty14..
derfc1440
substantialc1460
well-jointed1483
felon1487
robust1490
stalwart1508
stoutya1529
robustous?1531
rankc1540
hardy1548
robustious1548
stout1576
rustical1583
rustic1620
iron1638
robustic1652
swankinga1704
strapping1707
rugged1731
solid1741
vaudy1793
flaithulach1829
ironbark1833
swankie1838
tough as (old) boots or leather1843
skookum1847
hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862
hard-assed1954
nails1974
1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe (1893) 24 And, now and then, one of the bolder strapping girles would catch him in her arms, and kisse him.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 234 They are Strapping Sunburnt Lasses.
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. (1709) 55 One of these three young Men was taller than I by the Head, so that you may guess what a strapping Fellow he was, for I am none of the least.
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. ii. 36 Patie's grown a strapan Lad.
1749 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 12 Sept. The Richcourts are arrived, and have brought with them a strapping lad of your Count.
1786 R. Burns Cotter's Sat. Night viii, in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 147 A strappan youth; he takes the Mother's eye.
1793 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 689 The Miller was strappin, the Miller was ruddy.
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 42 The under damsel, was a stout strapping country wench.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ii. 22 Well, it's a pretty spot..and one meets some fine strapping fellows about too.
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xiii. 148 Nicholas Snowe was to come in the evening, with his three tall comely daughters, strapping girls.
1902 Times 24 July 5/1 They..are the finest-looking men you want to see; all well-built, strapping fellows.
b. transferred. Big, ‘whopping’. rare.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective]
unlittleeOE
mickleeOE
greateOE
mucha1154
mainc1275
boldc1300
fadec1330
largec1392
tallc1430
big1444
masterfula1450
grand1452
largy1558
fine1590
bonnya1600
large-sized1628
roomly1682
lumping?1706
maun1743
strapping1827
barn door1829
serious1843
jumboesque1893
jumbo1897
economy-sized1930
L1942
jumbo-size1949
economy size1950
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 134 Sanct Salvador's lang strappan steeple Had peltit five hours to the people.
1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah iii. 73 It is..a new..doctrine..that protection is afforded to a traffic by loading it with a strapping duty.
1893 Outing Oct. 3/2 The team was a span of strapping mules.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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