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stripe

1  [strahyp] ,noun, verb, striped, strip⋅ing.
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–noun
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. Movies. a strip of iron oxide layer on the edge of a film that is used for recording and reproducing a magnetic sound track.
–verb (used with object)
9. to mark or furnish with a stripe or stripes.
Origin:
1620–30; < MD or MLG strīpe; see strip 2 , stripe 2

Related forms:
stripeless, adjective

stripe

2  [strahyp] ,
–noun
a stroke with a whip, rod, etc., as in punishment.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; obscurely akin to stripe 1
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stripe 1   (strīp)   
n.  

    1. A long narrow band distinguished, as by color or texture, from the surrounding material or surface.

    2. A textile pattern of parallel bands or lines on a contrasting background.

    3. A fabric having such a pattern.

  2. A strip of cloth or braid worn on a uniform to indicate rank, awards received, or length of service; a chevron.

  3. Sort; kind: "All Fascists are not of one mind, one stripe" (Lillian Hellman).

tr.v.   striped, strip·ing, stripes
To mark with stripes or a stripe.

[Middle English, possibly from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German strīpe.]
stripe 2   (strīp)   
n.  A stroke or blow, as with a whip.

[Middle English.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

stripe  (1)
"a line or band in cloth," 1626 (but probably much older), from M.Du. or M.L.G. stripe "stripe, streak," from P.Gmc. *stripanan (cf. Dan. stribe "a striped fabric," Ger. Streifen "stripe"), cognate with O.Ir. sriab "stripe," from PIE base *streig- (see strigil). Of soldiers' chevrons, badges, etc., attested from 1827.

stripe  (2)
"a stroke or lash," 1440, probably a special use of stripe (1), from the marks left by a lash. Cf. also Du. strippen "to whip," W.Fris. strips, apparently cognate but not attested as early as the Eng. word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

stripe
data striping

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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