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Grammar : Noun
Spell : strahyp
Phonetic Transcription : straɪp

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Définition of stripe

Origin :
  • "a line or band in cloth," 1620s (but probably much older), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stripe "stripe, streak," from Proto-Germanic *stripanan (cf. Danish stribe "a striped fabric," German Streifen "stripe"), cognate with Old Irish sriab "stripe," from PIE root *streig- (see strigil). Of soldiers' chevrons, badges, etc., attested from 1827.
  • noun line, strip
Example sentences :
  • You will now find the wool has descended to the wide part of the stripe.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
  • The third stripe is the same, but, of course, the colors are different.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
  • Stripe: a longitudinal streak of color different from the ground.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • His shirt is blue with a stripe of sunrise pink, and the collar to match.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
  • There was a suit of pyjamas of Hamilton's which had a stripe very near, but not quite.
  • Extract from : « Bones » by Edgar Wallace
  • Give a man of that stripe any kind of a show and he's going to kill you, that's all.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough
  • The third stripe corresponds to the cupola, the tension of which is equal to 140 feet.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
  • The palpi are black, with a stripe of white scales on the upper side.
  • Extract from : « The Common Spiders of the United States » by James Henry Emerton
  • A blow given to a single slave is a stripe on the souls of all who see or hear it.
  • Extract from : « Slavery » by William E. Channing
  • If they did, what had they on the imprisoned felon of the stripe in question?
  • Extract from : « Criminal Types » by V. M. Masten

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