Stripe - Definition and Overview

A stripe may be

• one of a pattern of areas created by a family of parallel lines, as on the flag of the United States, also known as the stars and stripes
• in a candy-stripe pattern, on a diagonal and twisted round a cylinder, as for a candy cane
• a single painted or printed stripe, as a thin strip of material, as for example the magnetic stripe on a magnetic stripe card
• a service stripe awarded in the United States armed forces
• a synonym for chevron as a mark of military rank, as in three-striper
• an animal marking, such as the zebra's, not assumed to be completely regular
• a wound or bruise caused by a whip.

See also:

• Green-striped White
• Red Stripe
• Stars & Stripes (yacht)
• Stars and Stripes Forever
• S.T.R.I.P.E.
• Stripe-backed Wren
• Striped bass
• Striped Dolphin
• Striped Hyena
• Striped paint
• Stripes (film)
• Stripesy
• Three-striped Night Monkey
• The White Stripes
• The White Stripes (album)