stripe

stripe
stripe1
—stripeless, adj.
/struyp/, n., v., striped, striping.
n.
1. a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing: the stripes of a zebra.
2. a fabric or material containing such a band or bands.
3. a strip of braid, tape, or the like.
4. stripes,
a. a number or combination of such strips, worn on a military, naval, or other uniform as a badge of rank, service, good conduct, combat wounds, etc.
b. Informal. status or recognition as a result of one's efforts, experience, or achievements: She earned her stripes as a traveling sales representative and then moved up to district manager.
5. a strip, or long, narrow piece of anything: a stripe of beach.
6. a streak or layer of a different nature within a substance.
7. style, variety, sort, or kind: a man of quite a different stripe.
8. Also called magnetic stripe. Motion Pictures. a strip of iron oxide layer on the edge of a film that is used for recording and reproducing a magnetic sound track.
v.t.
9. to mark or furnish with a stripe or stripes.
[1620-30; < MD or MLG stripe; see STRIP2, STRIPE2]
stripe2
/struyp/, n.
a stroke with a whip, rod, etc., as in punishment.
[1400-50; late ME; obscurely akin to STRIPE1]

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