n. & v.
--n.
1. a device, esp. a strip of leather, for sharpening razors.
2 Naut. a collar of leather or spliced rope or iron used for handling cargo.
--v.tr. (stropped, stropping) sharpen on or with a strop.
Etymology: ME f. MDu., MLG strop, OHG strupf, WG f. L stroppus