STRAPS

"STRAPS" is a plural of: strap.

Date "STRAPS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1600. (references)

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: STRAPS

French (repair wires, straps), German (garter belt, suspender, suspender belt).

Now kindly undo these straps! (The Exorcist; writing credit: William Peter Blatty)

If you're the Devil, why don't you make the straps disappear (The Exorcist; writing credit: William Peter Blatty)

Knapsack straps. (references; author: unknown)

Real wristwatch straps. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The World Market for Footwear with Leather Outer Soles and Uppers which Consist of Leather Straps across the Instep and around the Big Toe: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Beaded Cords, Chains, Straps, & Fringe: A Beadwork Magazine Project Book (reference)

• The Beader's Palette: Rings, Necklaces, Bracelets, Ensembles, Earrings and Straps (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• How to Use Yoga Props - Blocks, Mats, Straps, with Workout (reference)

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High Tech

• JVC RSWP1WT "Sound Rock-It" Portable Stereo - Back Pack Series with Shoulder Straps and Waist Belt (reference)

• Konexx Koupler - Acoustic Coupler Straps Onto Handset (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A coral fragment reattached using experimental plastic ties. The use of plastic ties proved to be unsuccessful because the straps could not be tightened enough to secure the corals. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

U.S. Air Force loadmaster "Brian" removes tie-down straps.

Photographed during the Civil War by Hord & Harmon, Post Office Building, Dayton, Ohio. He was Pilot of USS Ouachita in 1864-65. His uniform includes shoulder straps bearing a six-spoke steering wheel insignia. Credit: NAVY.

Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, Commander Task Force 17, alongside USS Astoria (CA-34) in the cruiser's Number Two Motor Whaleboat, at about 1300 hrs, 4 June 1942. Fletcher was transferring his flag from the bombed and immobilized USS Yorktown (CV-5). Captain Spencer S. Lewis, CTF-17 Chief of Staff, is just starting up the ladder to board Astoria. Fletcher is behind him, just to the right of the boat's centerline, wearing binoculars with white straps. Commander Chauncey Crutcher, Astoria's Executive Officer, is watching in the upper left. Note letters "AST" on the boat's bow. Credit: NAVY.

Putting steel straps in place to hold pressed cotton after pressure has been removed, Lehi, Arkansas cotton gin. Credit: Library of Congress.

Halters and stirrups straps in ranch supply store. Alpine, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

They did not wear straps, they did not wear boots

Pa pulled his overall straps in place and snapped the buckle

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Bandeau tube dresses, hand-knitted dresses with embroidered flowers, bias-cutting, detachable straps and pockets, fluidity, multi-layered dresses, puffed sleeves. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Ending with "STRAPS": ankle-straps, back-straps, cockpit-straps, hanging-straps, jock-straps, leg-straps, licorice-straps, lift-straps, safety-straps, shoulder-straps, S-straps, sword-straps.

Chinese 

背帶 (braces, sling, suspenders). (various references)

French

straps. (various references)

German

schnallt, Riemen (band, belt, leather shoelace, oar, prick, shoulder strap, sling, strap, thong, thongs). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ランゲルハンス島 (athletic-style shirt, bag, inside-the-park home run, isle of Langerhans, knapsack, lance, Lancel, lancer, land, landing, landing bahn, landmark, LANDSAT, landscape, lantern, lanthanum, Lanvin, launch, launcher, laundry, lingerie, lunch, lunch set, luncheon, lunchtime, lunchtime concert, meeting, pensioneer, random, random sampling, rumble seat, runner, runner's high, running, running cost, running home run, running homer, running stock, running vest, run-through, runtime, satchel with back straps, tank top), ラ� �' (lame, laminated ski, LAN, Land Cruiser, Langerhans, language, language laboratory, language processor, lariat, lauan, LL, lullaby, lung, rally, Ralph Lauren, rank, ranking, rum, run, wraparound retaining straps worn with the old ski cable bindings). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ランドセル (bag, knapsack, satchel with back straps), ラングリメン (wraparound retaining straps worn with the old ski cable bindings). (various references)

Pig Latin

apsstray.(various references)

Turkmen 

ganjyga (saddle straps). (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "STRAPS": bootstraps, jockstraps, unstraps. (additional references)

Misspellings

"STRAPS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sitreps, strapp, strash, strass, strepp, strept, sttrep. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sprats.

-1 letter: parts, pasts, prats, rasps, spars, spats, sprat, stars, strap, tarps, traps, trass, tsars.

-2 letters: arts, asps, pars, part, pass, past, pats, prat, psst, raps, rapt, rasp, rats, saps, spar, spas, spat, star, taps, tarp, tars, tass, trap, tsar.

-3 letters: apt, ars, art, asp, ass, par, pas, pat, rap, ras, rat, sap, sat, spa.

+1 letter: pasters, pastors, rapists, repasts, satraps, sparest.

+2 letters: airposts, disparts, espartos, harpists, misparts, passport, pasterns, pastries, pastures, persalts, piasters, piastres, plasters, precasts, prosaist, protases, protasis, psalters, raptness, raspiest, restamps, seaports, sharpest, sparsest, sparsity, spatters, spirants, stampers, staplers, starship, startups, subparts, tapsters, traipses, trapeses, trespass, unstraps, upstairs, upstares, upstarts.

+3 letters: adscripts, airstrips, antipress, apartness, aphorists, apiarists, asperates, aspirants, aspirates, atropisms, copastors, palestras, pantdress, parasites, parodists, partisans, passports, pastorals, pastramis, pastromis, pasturers, patissier, patroness, pederasts, pilasters, pinasters, piscators, plaisters, plastrons, plastrums, polestars, postcards, postcrash, postgrads, postmarks, potshards, practises, prepastes, prestamps, pretastes, pristanes, prosaists, prostates, proteases, psaltries, pulsators, pushcarts, pyrostats, satrapies, separates, soapworts, sparkiest, sparriest, splatters, sportsman, sprattles, spritsail, spymaster, starships, strapless, strappers, superfast, superstar, transepts, tranships, transpose, transship, trapnests, upstaters.