Sc. [Prob. a back-formation from stript var. of STRIPED a.] = STRIPE sb.2
In some dialects of Scotland the form stripe in this sense is unknown in genuine vernacular speech; ‘strips’ is the only word, e.g., for the stripes of a tiger or a zebra.
1789. J. Williams, Min. Kingd., I. 80. The strips or streaks lie all of them exactly parallel to one another, and exactly parallel to the bed of the stone.
1843. J. Ballantine, Gaberlunzie’s Wallet, 304. They wont be long in having sergeant’s strips on their arms.
1914. Brit. Mus. Return, 94. Green ewer with waved strip below the handle, found in Dora.
† b. attrib. or adj. Striped. Obs.
1666. in Maitland Club Misc. (1840), II. 539. For six yeardis of strip silk stuff … 015 08 00.
