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Topic Options #206915 - 08/30/12 08:46 AM Strop marc stranger Registered: 08/30/12 Posts: 1 Loc: Northumberland Strop. Here in the North of England if someone 'has a strop' it means they are being petulant and deliberately appearing angry for their own ends. "Ooooo - She's 'avin a bit of a strop. Leave 'er alone." I know this from Manchester in my youth and now more commonly in the North-East in recent years. Spread I think because there are many more regional accents on TV now compared to when I was a boy, particularly in drama. M. Top #206916 - 08/30/12 10:03 AM Re: Strop [Re: marc] wlundycan stranger Registered: 08/30/12 Posts: 1 Loc: Ontario, Canada Good morning from a tall-ship sailor. In the noun sense, "strop" also describes a loop of line usually spliced into a ring, although it can take several forms depending on use. Here are instructions for laying up (building) a ring-shaped strop. Longer ones are quite useful for wrapping around objects so as to become handles; smaller ones are often used as grommets in large sails, for example. http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/B_S_M/Third_Instruction.html This link shows a longer strop made from a short length of line with an eye splice at each end. Although the origin is indeed nautical, it has applications ashore as well, http://www.surface-tension.co.uk/product...ndle-strop.html Finally, on wooden blocks (i.e., pullies), a strop is would around the block to give added strength to the block itself. Look at how many there are are on a traditionally-rigged tall ship next time you visit one. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:METS_2009_Double_strop_block.jpg. Top #206917 - 08/30/12 11:09 AM Re: Strop [Re: wlundycan] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1032 Loc: Lancaster, UK Welcome, wlundycan, and thanks indeed for your very informative post. I had come across mentions of a 'strop' in a nautical context but, not being a sailor myself, had only the vaguest idea as to just what it is. This makes it very clear. (Whoops!) - and welcome, marc, too. Yes, that meaning of 'strop is common in Lancashire, too. Edited by Rhubarb Commando (08/30/12 01:00 PM) _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise Top #206920 - 08/30/12 11:49 AM Re: Strop [Re: Rhubarb Commando] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5291 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Welcome wlundycan and you too Marc. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #206945 - 09/01/12 03:32 AM Re: Strop [Re: wlundycan] BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5249 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague That's coming close to what strop means here. In the low lands strop specifically means the hangman's strop, the noose. We don't hang people anymore for crimes. It is now still in use as, mostly financially, having an unexpected disappointing result. Top #206953 - 09/02/12 05:11 PM Re: Strop [Re: wlundycan] brasscastle stranger Registered: 09/02/12 Posts: 2 Loc: Massachusetts, USA Thanks for the link to the splicing page in the seamanship manual. I am doing some research into 19th Century ships and sailing, for a novel I hope to write about the USS Constitution, and details like this can be invaluable. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8428 Members 16 Forums 13687 Topics 209801 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Eva, sylviasuper, continent2, a2teacher, teepee 8427 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 34 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 85 jenny jenny 57 wofahulicodoc 56 endymion6 50 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 33 Faldage 14 Buffalo Shrdlu 14 zmjezhd 13 tsuwm 11 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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