Strapping refers to the use of a strap as an implement for corporal punishment that is applied either to the buttocks (see spanking) or the palm of the hand (known as hand strapping). The strap is typically a broad and heavy strip of leather, often with a hard handle. The tawse is a notable type of strap.
Some may use the term belting to describe strapping. The word "strap" is sometimes used to describe a leather paddle.
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Judicial corporal punishment is the infliction of corporal punishment as a result of a sentence imposed on an offender by a court of law, including flagellation (also called flogging or whipping), forced amputations, caning, bastinado, birching, or strapping. Legal corporal punishment is forbidden in most countries, but it still is a form of legal punishment practised according to the legislations of Brunei, Iran, Libya, the Maldives, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and Qatar, as well as parts of Indonesia (Aceh province) and Nigeria (northern states).