stripe

Noun

• a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
  • a green toad with small black stripes or bars
    
  • may the Stars and Stripes forever wave
    

• a kind or category
  • businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal
    

• V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
  • they earned their stripes in Kuwait
    

• a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service

• an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

Verb

• mark with stripes

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  streak , bar , chevron , stripes , grade insignia , band , banding