stripping
NounUS[strip-ing]/ˈstrɪpɪŋ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the removal of coveringSynonyms: denudationuncoveringbaringhuskingType of removal, remotionKinds cornhusking, deforestation
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Strip′ping noun
1. The act of one who strips.
The mutual bows and courtesies... are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive.— Herbert Spencer
Never were cows that required such stripping.— Eliz. Cleghorn Gaskell
2. pl. The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54