Definitions
A long narrow band or line, often of color.
Word origin
From Middle English stripe, strype, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German strîpe, from Proto-West Germanic *strīpā, *strīpō, from Proto-Germanic *strīpô. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Striepe (“stripe, strip”), West Frisian stripe (“stripe”), Dutch streep (“stripe”), German Low German Striepe, Striep, Streep (“stripe”), German Streifen (“stripe, strip, band”), Danish stribe (“stripe”).
Used in a sentence
“zebra stripes”
“persons of the same political stripe”
“a tyrant of a very different stripe”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Colored band”6 letters
02“Long narrow band”6 letters
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