backstrap

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English

Etymology

From back +‎ strap.

Noun

backstrap (plural backstraps)

  1. A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
  2. The backbone of a book.
  3. A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
    • 2010, Guy Mirabella, Eat - Ate, page 110:
      As a dressing, combine the extra-virgin olive oil and garlic in a small bowl, seasoning with salt and pepper. Arrange the whole eggplants and tomatoes on a large platter. Slice the lamb backstraps diagonally and lay the meat over the eggplants and tomatoes.
  4. An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
  5. (firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
  6. (drugs) The rolling of a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion. (clarification of this definition is needed)
    Synonym: backroll
    Antonym: frontstrap

Verb

backstrap (third-person singular simple present backstraps, present participle backstrapping, simple past and past participle backstrapped)

  1. To apply or make into a backstrap.

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