stripe
noun
[ strʌɪp ]
• a long, narrow band or strip differing in colour or texture from the surface on either side of it.
• "a pair of blue shorts with pink stripes"
Similar:
line,
band,
strip,
belt,
bar,
swathe,
streak,
striation,
vein,
thread,
chevron,
flash,
blaze,
marking,
stria,
• a chevron sewn on to a uniform to denote military rank.
• "he was wearing his old uniform without its sergeant's stripes"
• a type or category.
• "entrepreneurs of all stripes are joining in the offensive"
stripe
verb
• mark with stripes.
• "her body was striped with bands of sunlight"
Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps a back-formation from striped, of Dutch or Low German origin; compare with Middle Dutch and Middle Low German strīpe .
