Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thong"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thong \Thong\, n. [OE. thong, [thorn]wong, thwang, AS.
[thorn]wang; akin to Icel. [thorn]vengr a thong, latchet.
[root]57. Cf. {Twinge}.]
A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening
anything.
And nails for loosened spears, and thongs for shields,
provide. --Dryden.
{Thong seal} (Zo["o]l.), the bearded seal. See the Note under
{Seal}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thong
n 1: leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip [syn: {lash}]
2: a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together
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