vbl. sb. [f. STRIPE v.2 + -ING1.]
1. The action or process of making a stripe or of forming stripes.
1731. Miller, Gard. Dict., s.v. Tulipa 8 D/2 Though indeed, the Striping of Tulips doth never occasion so great Weakness in them.
1798. Hull Advertiser, 8 Sept., 2/4. Fancy work … varnishing, gilding and striping.
1911. Daily 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 color.
1677. Plot, Oxfordsh., 172. Where it [a striped Maple] flourishes still and retains its stripings.
1731. Miller, Gard. Dict., s.v. Variegated, It is a Distemper in the Plants, since whenever they become vigorous, this Striping is … rendered less visible.
1882. Garden, 28 Jan., 67/1. The flowers present … various kinds of striping and feathering.
1897. V. Cornish, in Geogr. Jrnl., IX. 293. The longitudinal striping (of sand) is reduced to a subordinate feature of the windward slope of transverse dunes.
1900. Pop. Sci. Monthly, Jan., 347. The detailed representations … showing in some respects a resemblance to the stripings of Mars.
