strip of cloth

  • 1Strip — Strip, n. 1. A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) A trough for washing ore. [1913 Webster] 3. (Gunnery) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2strip — strip1 /strip/, v., stripped or stript, stripping, n. v.t. 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to take away or remove: to strip sheets from the bed. 4. to deprive or divest:… …

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  • 3strip — I. /strɪp / (say strip) verb (stripped or, Rare, stript, stripping) –verb (t) 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to deprive or divest: to strip a tree of its fruit. 4. to… …

  • 4cloth — noun 1 material used for making clothes, curtains, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ coarse, fine ▪ woven ▪ cotton, woollen/woolen ▪ a jacket made from woollen/woolen cloth …

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  • 5cloth — n. 1) to weave cloth 2) homespun cloth 3) a drop cloth 4) a loin cloth 5) a bolt; strip of cloth …

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  • 6strip# — strip vb Strip, divest, denude, bare, dismantle can mean to deprive a person or thing of what clothes, furnishes, or invests him or it. Strip stresses a pulling or tearing off rather than a laying bare, though the latter implication is frequent;… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 7strip — Ⅰ. strip [1] ► VERB (stripped, stripping) 1) remove all coverings or clothes from. 2) take off one s clothes. 3) leave bare of accessories or fittings. 4) remove (paint) from a surface with solvent. 5) …

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  • 8Strip-built — is a method of boat building commonly used for canoes and kayaks, but also suitable for larger boats. The process involves securing narrow, flexible strips of wood edge to edge around temporary forms. The forms are cut as a series of cross… …

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  • 9Cloth of gold — This article is about the fabric. For the snail, see Conus textile. For the 16th century event, see Field of Cloth of Gold. Cloth of gold is a fabric woven with a gold wrapped or spun weft referred to as a spirally spun gold strip . In most cases …

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  • 10strip — strip1 [strıp] v past tense and past participle stripped present participle stripping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take off clothes)¦ 2¦(remove)¦ 3¦(engines/equipment)¦ 4¦(building/ship etc)¦ 5¦(damage)¦ Phrasal verbs  strip something<=>away  strip somebod …

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