iron-strap
US Whaling (now rare )
noun
A short piece of rope connecting a line to a harpoon.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- well-coloured
- well-commended
- well-compacted
- well-complexioned
- well-composed
- well-concealed
- well-conceived
- well-concerted
- well-concocted
- well-conditioned
- well conducted
- well conductor
- well connected
- well-conned
- well conserved
- well-considered
- well-constituted
- well constructed
- well-content
- well-contented
- well contested
- well-contrived
- well-controlled
- well-cooked
- well-co-ordinated