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Definition of "knee-strap" []

  • In a railroad-car, a wrought-iron facing to a knee-timber, connecting the end-sill and the stirrup or drawbar carry-iron. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "knee-strap" in a sentence
  • "When he got home he had to sit over the knee-strap and waxed-end, and earn the rest of his livelihood at night."
  • "Only the knee-strap of little Nikas, the journeyman, kept him from jumping up then and there and throwing himself down like Paul."
  • "Then he would snatch up a knee-strap and begin to rain blows upon the sinner."