iron-strap
US Whaling (now rare )
noun
A short piece of rope connecting a line to a harpoon.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- stereography
- stereoisomer
- stereoisomeric
- stereoisomerism
- stereolithographic
- stereolithography
- stereometry
- stereomicroscope
- stereophonic
- stereophonically
- stereophony
- stereopsis
- stereoptic
- stereopticon
- stereoscope
- stereoscopic
- stereoscopically
- stereoscopy
- stereoselective
- stereoselectivity
- stereo separation
- stereospecific
- stereospecifically
- stereospecificity
- stereospondyl