The noose around his neck, Leo tightened it considerably, and then fastened the end of the strap to the tree trunk.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
He dropped the leading strap, leaving the weary horses where they stood, and ran forward to enter the cabin and see the evidence of Indians all about.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
The oval portrait is surrounded with strap-work ornament, another fashion of the day, and at the foot of this are the initials I. D. On one interpretation these would lead us to believe not only that the work is English, but that Day himself was the cutter.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard