strap

noun

• a strip of leather, cloth, or other flexible material, often with a buckle, used to fasten, secure, or carry something or to hold onto something:her bra strap the strap of his shoulder bag
• a strip of metal, often hinged, used to fasten or secure something.
• (the strap) punishment by beating with a strip of leather.
• variant form of strop¹.

verb (straps, strapping, strapped)

• 1 [with object] fasten or secure in a specified place or position with a strap or seat belt:I had to strap the bag to my bicycle the children were strapped into their car seats

• 2 [with object] beat (someone) with a strip of leather:I expected when my dad walked in that he’d strap him