See Also: stripe(dictionary)
stripe(5)(dictionary)
stripe(4)(dictionary)
stripe(3)(dictionary)
stripe(2)(dictionary)
stripe(1)(dictionary)
stripe(medicine)
pleural stripe(medicine)
Hensen's stripe(medicine)
vascular stripe(medicine)

stripe(2) (iou)



stripe noun2. LME.
[Perh. back-form. from STRIPED: ult. rel. to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stripe = Middle High German strife (German Streifen), from Germanic. Cf. STRIPE noun1, STRIP noun1.]
A relatively long and narrow portion of a fabric, surface, etc., differing in appearance from the adjacent parts, often one of several similar parallel bands. LME.
Old Stripes, Stripes colloq. (a name for) a tiger. Stars and Stripes: see STAR noun1 & adjective.
I. Colegate His shirt had big blue stripes. New York Times Newer..looms..produce a raised stripe in taffeta. Guardian The natterjack..distinguished..by a yellow stripe.
b. In pl. Prison uniform (patterned with stripes). US slang. L19.
c. In full magnetic stripe. A narrow strip of magnetic material along the edge of film, on which sound may be recorded. M20.
A striped fabric. M18.
Geology. A narrow band or stratum of rock. L18.
A strip, a shred; a narrow piece. L18.
A narrow strip of material sewn on a garment of different colour; esp. (colloq.) a chevron or similar mark of rank, good conduct, etc., on the sleeve of a uniform. E19.
ship a stripe: see SHIP verb 11.
S. L. Elliott Cops him..at the pictures when he's supposed to be on guard and takes his stripes off him. R. B. Parker A fatigue jacket with a staff sergeant's stripes.
A strip of land; a band of ice. E19.
A shade or variety of political, religious, etc., belief; gen. a sort, a class, a type. Orig. & chiefly N. Amer. M19.
Newsweek Egyptians of all political stripes were growing..restive. J. May Fleet line officers of the most impressive stripe.