Varatta & Varattā

neuter & feminine a strap, thong, strip of leather SN.i.63; AN.ii.33; Snp.622; Dhp.398 (fig. for taṇhā); Ja.ii.153; Ja.v.45. As “harness” at Ja.i.175; as straps on a ship’s mast (to hold the sails) Mil.378
■ Cp. vārattika.

• -khaṇḍa strip of leather, a strap MN.i.244 = MN.ii.193 MN.iii.259 = SN.iv.56 = AN.iii.380.

cp. Vedic varatrā, given also in meaning “elephant’s girth” at Halāyudha ii.66