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weather stripping

–noun
1. weather strip.
2. a number of weather strips, taken collectively.

Origin:
1940–45, Americanism

weath⋅er-strip

[weth-er-strip]
–verb (used with object), -stripped, -strip⋅ping.
to apply weather stripping to (something).

Origin:
1890–95, Americanism
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weather stripping  
n.  
  1. A narrow piece of material, such as plastic, rubber, felt, or metal, installed around doors and windows to protect an interior from external extremes in temperature.

  2. This material considered as a unit.

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