stripe
n. countablen. a long, narrow line of color that looks different from the area around it. You often see them on animals like zebras or on pieces of clothing.
n. a long, narrow band or line distinguished by a different color or texture from the surrounding surface.
The zebra has black and white stripes.
She wore a blue shirt with thin white stripes for her job interview.
The artist used bold vertical stripes to create an illusion of height in the small gallery room, drawing the viewer's eye toward the ceiling.
From Middle English stripe, strype, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German strîpe, from Proto-West Germanic strīpā, strīpō, from Proto-Germanic *strīpô. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Striepe (“stripe, strip”), West Frisian stripe (“stripe”), Dutch streep (“stripe”), German Low German Striepe, Striep, Streep (“stripe”), German Streifen (“stripe, strip, band”), Danish stribe (“stripe”).
Commonly used with 'horizontal' or 'vertical' to describe direction.