Blackstrap

Origin

black + strap?

Full definition of blackstrap

Noun

1. The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
• 2007, July 25, David Hochman, For Epicures, a New Take on Jerky, Smoked over cherry and mesquite wood, and dried in a convection oven, it gets its flavors from organic blackstrap molasses, Jim Beam bourbon, and salt and pepper.
2. (obsolete) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
• JuddNo blackstrap to-night; switchel, or ginger pop.
3. (obsolete, nautical, slang) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.