stripe

The definition of a stripe is a long thin line that is somehow different from what is on either side of it.

(noun)

An example of a stripe is the black and white lines on a zebra.

To stripe means to add a long narrow band of something.

(verb)

An example of stripe is to add a broken white line down the middle of a street to set apart traffic lanes; to stripe the street.

See stripe in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a long, narrow band, mark, or streak, differing in color, texture, or material from the surrounding area
a fabric or garment with a pattern of parallel stripes
a strip of cloth or braid, as a chevron, bar, or curve, worn on the sleeve as of a military uniform to indicate rank or length of service
a distinctive type, kind, or sort: a man of his stripe
Archaic
1. a stroke with a whip, etc.
2. a long welt on the skin

Origin: < MLowG & MDu strīpe < IE *streib- < base *ster- > strip

transitive verb striped, striping

to mark with a stripe or stripes

See stripe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A long narrow band distinguished, as by color or texture, from the surrounding material or surface.
b. A textile pattern of parallel bands or lines on a contrasting background.
c. A fabric having such a pattern.
A strip of cloth or braid worn on a uniform to indicate rank, awards received, or length of service; a chevron.
Sort; kind: “All Fascists are not of one mind, one stripe” (Lillian Hellman).