wriststrap

English

Alternative forms

• wrist strap

Etymology

From wrist +‎ strap.

Noun

wriststrap (plural wriststraps)

1. A strap worn around the wrist to circumvent straining the hand by translocating the borne load to the stronger parts of the arm when carrying or lifting an item.

   Hyponym: lifting strap

Translations

a strap worn around the wrist to carry

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• Finnish: rannehihna, rannelenkki
• German: Trageband n (for cameras and the like); Zughilfe f (for weightlifting)
• Russian: ля́мка (ru) f (ljámka), ремешо́к (ru) m (remešók), крюк для тя́ги m (krjuk dlja tjági)
• Swedish: vristband n