Guitarist's aid

Usage examples of strap.

Those cones you see embedded in the canvas strap contain some conventional explosives - TNT amatol, anyway something of the requisite power.

Cursing angrily, he strapped the pipes, to his side and stalked out into the twilight.

Owing to a complete lack of local anaesthetics he had been taught to conduct eye operations with no analgesia at all, a procedure that involved strapping down and gagging the patient, forcing their eyes open and simply hacking away.

Wide-framed and sturdy, he was attired in a well-worn cuirass, simple steel and oiled leather straps.

One of the musicians, a red-dad fiddler with instrument case strapped to his back like Kevin, handed the bardling a switch broken from a bush.

The life of one of the five was saved by a long barometer which was strapped to his back--it bridged the crevice and suspended him until help came.

So strap yourselves in, cadets, and brace for lift-off as Commander Bisson launches us towards the cloud-covered second planet in our solar system.

Isazi and Jan Cheroot strapped the rawhide bootees over the hooves of the horses, while Ralph gave his final orders, speaking in Sindebele, the only language they would use during the entire raid.

Kadara straps on both blades and looks at Brede, whose hands reach for the big sword, as if to make sure it is still in place.

The 2d Sponger and 2d Loader haul taut side-tackles and choke luffs, or, if rolling deep, hitch the falls round the straps of the blocks, and then unshackle the old breeching and shackle the new, which is to be brought to the gun by the 2d Captain.

On such an occasion the preventer breeching is invaluable, and will be the best safeguard, if fitted so that when well stretched it will not permit the fore trucks to ascend on the curve of the Fore-hurter, for it is this which strains the strap of the Compressor.

Vickers strapped to the humpy backs of a dozen camels, and the cases of ammunition riding high in the panniers.

Instead of handles or straps, however, they sported a profusion of black tentacles, dozens and dozens of tentacles, every second or third one of which ended in a moist turquoise eye shielded by a pair of the sweepingest eyelashes Manship had ever seen outside of a mascara advertisement.

The man had a stasis generator, and his female mount also had one on its chest, held in place with a martingale strap.

Ci Minutes later we were at the head of th starting to descend and join Jory and Melodu we could see near the newel post at the Melodic wore a simple black gown that drap black shoestring straps.