stripestripe /straɪp/ noun 
► stripe
► stripe a long narrow line of color, usually part of a pattern where the line is repeated many times: The American flag has red and white stripes. She was wearing a shirt with pink and brown stripes.
► band a thick colored line that is different from the areas around it: The bird has a white head with a black band across it.
► streak a colored line, especially one that is not straight or that has been made without any plan or pattern: At sunset, the clouds made beautiful long pink streaks across the sky.
➔ see line1 (2)