noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of strippen to strip
1. : the action of one that strips
2. : something that is stripped: as
a. strippings plural : the last milk drawn at a milking usually distinctly richer in fat and freer from bacteria than the foremilk
b. : overburden 2a
3. : digging 2
4.
a. : the removal of cured tobacco leaves from the stalks or from the laths
b. : the removal of the foilage from the stem of a plant or flower
5. : the shearing off of surface metal from a bullet that is driven at excessive velocity through a gun barrel by an overload of powder and fails to acquire spin from the rifling
6.
[ strip (III) + -ing ]
: material (as leather) that is cut into strips