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▪ I. striping vbl. n.1
see stripe v.1
▪ II. striping, vbl. n.2|ˈstraɪpɪŋ|
[f. stripe v.2 + -ing1.]
1. The action or process of making a stripe or of forming stripes.
1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Tulipa 8 D/2 Though indeed, the Striping of Tulips doth never occasion so great Weakness in them. 1798Hull Advertiser 8 Sept. 2/4 Fancy work..varnishing, gilding and striping. 1911Daily News 2 Oct. 3/1 The holdings are ruthlessly rearranged among the tenants who remain—a process called ‘striping’.
2. concr.
a. A stripe or series of stripes of colour.
1677Plot Oxfordsh. 172 Where it [a striped Maple] flourishes still and retains its stripings. 1731Miller Gard. Dict. s.v. Variegated, It is a Distemper in the Plants, since whenever they become vigorous, this Striping is..rendered less visible. 1882Garden 28 Jan. 67/1 The flowers present..various kinds of striping and feathering. 1897V. Cornish in Geogr. Jrnl. IX. 293 The longitudinal striping (of sand) is reduced to a subordinate feature of the wind⁓ward slope of transverse dunes. 1900Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 347 The detailed representations..showing in some respects a resemblance to the stripings of Mars. |