: having a vigorously sturdy constitution
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 Mar. 2020
The Marines have recently experimented with strapping vehicles to the deck of amphibious transports and utilizing their firepower to strike targets on land or even defend the ship.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Oct. 2019
Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 24 Aug. 2023
Brough secures his hives with pallet strapping and metal fasteners.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
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Adjective
In The Seventh Seal, von Sydow’s Antonius Block—a knight returning from the Crusades to find his country decimated by plague—is a strapping specimen of manhood coming face-to-face, literally, with his mortality.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 Mar. 2020
The Marines have recently experimented with strapping vehicles to the deck of amphibious transports and utilizing their firepower to strike targets on land or even defend the ship.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Oct. 2019
Noun
Meanwhile, structural steel beams and posts as well as hurricane strapping were likely utilized, which Zasada likens to a corset's boning channels and lacing, respectively.
—Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 24 Aug. 2023
Brough secures his hives with pallet strapping and metal fasteners.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
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“Strapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strapping. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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