Varatta (nt.) & Varattā (f.) [cp. Vedic varatrā, given also in meaning "elephant's girth" at Halāyudha ii.66] a strap, thong, strip of leather S i.63; A ii.33; Sn 622; Dh 398 (fig. for taṇhā); J ii.153; v.45. As "harness" at J i.175; as straps on a ship's mast (to hold the sails) Miln 378. -- Cp. vārattika.   -- khaṇḍa strip of leather, a strap M i.244=ii.193= iii.259=S iv.56=A iii.380.