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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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STRIPE, n.¹ Sc. usages: 1. As in Eng. Adj. stripey, used subst. of a red and yellow striped worm used as angling bait, a bramble-worm (Dmb., Kcb. 1971).Per. 1903 H. MacGregor Souter's Lamp 289:
Stripeys! those red and gold worms so hard to get, so sure and deadly in their enticement . . . the dream of a perfect bait come true.

2. A narrow tract or strip of country (Sc. 1787 J. Elphinston Propriety II. 74). Rare or dial. in Eng. Dim. stripag (Cai. 1971).Abd. 1741 Session Papers, Earl of Aboyne v. Garden (29 June) 6:
In this Stripe of Country, not very full of Corn-fields.Per. 1799 J. Robertson Agric. Per. 25:
The mud subsiding from the troubled water has formed stripes of culturable soil.Lnk. 1832 W. Patrick Plants xx.:
A narrow stripe or range of country.

3. More specif.: a belt of trees, a narrow strip of woodland (Rxb. 1825 Jam.). Cf. Strip, n.¹, 3.Fif. 1795 Stat. Acc.¹ XI. 362:
60 acres of planting, consisting, in a great degree, of stripes, as they are called.m.Lth. 1845 Stat. Acc.² I. 77:
Crowned with stripes and clumps of trees.