stripes
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stripe/strʌɪp/
▶noun
- 1 a long, narrow band or strip of a different colour or texture from the surface on either side of it.
- 2 a chevron sewn on to a uniform to denote military rank.
- 3 chiefly N. Amer. a type or category.
- 4 archaic a blow with a lash.
– derivatives
striped adjective.
striped adjective.
– origin ME: perh. a back-form. from striped, of Du. or Low Ger. origin.
'stripes' also found in these Oxford entries:
band
- bar
- barber's pole
- bongo
- bonito
- candy-striped
- chalk-stripe
- chipmunk
- cooter
- dimity
- flag day
- fountain
- garter snake
- grayling
- lackey
- madras
- margay
- mother-in-law's tongue
- ocelot
- okapi
- pacarana
- paly
- quagga
- rock
- sett
- skipjack
- Stars and Stripes
- stripe
- striped bass
- stripy
- strobing
- tabaret
- tabby
- tiger shark
- zebra
- zebra crossing
