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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The act of one who strips.

The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of the original prostrations and

strippings

of the captive.

H. Spencer.

Never were cows that required such

stripping

Mrs. Gaskell.

pl.

The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.

ppr.

Pulling off; peeling; skinning; flaying; depriving; divesting; husking.

stripping

stripping ‎(plural strippings)

The act of one who strips.
- H. Spencer
  The mutual bows and courtesies […] are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive.
- Elizabeth Gaskell
  Never were cows that required such stripping.
(chemistry, engineering) A physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream