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the humble line between holding on and hitting the ground
means a narrow strip of leather, fabric, or other flexible material used to fasten, secure, hold, or carry something.
from From Old English 'stropp,' a band or thong, likely borrowed early from Latin 'stroppus' (a twisted cord or band), which itself probably came from Greek 'strophos,' a twisted rope — from 'strephein,' to turn or twist. So the word literally coils back to the act of twisting fibers together to make something you could hold by. The same root, oddly enough, gave us 'strop,' the leather band a barber twisted his razor against.
watch originreplaced pocket chains so soldiers could check time fast
bra anatomythe straps carry only ten percent of support
slang weightmeans a firearm in much of street vernacular
bootstrap mythoriginally meant an absurd, physically impossible task
strapped meaningbroke, because empty pockets held nothing to strap