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pin-stripe

pin-stripe is the alternative form of pinstripe.

Meaning of pinstripe

Noun

pinstripe (plural pinstripes)

  1. A very thin stripe on a fabric or other surface.
    • Deep blue fuselage-length pinstripes begin at the belly and get gradually narrower as they approach the windowline, each trimmed either side in red.1985, Nigel Milton Tomkins, World Airline Colours, volume 1, page 37
  2. A fabric decorated with such stripes.
  3. A suit made of such fabric.

Forms of pin-stripe

pluralpin-stripes

Questions about pin-stripe

What is pin-stripe the alternative form of?
Pin-stripe is the alternative form of pinstripe.

Words near pin-stripe in the dictionary

  1. pin-pricked
  2. pin-pricks
  3. pin-setter
  4. pin-setters
  5. pin-sharp
  6. pin-stripe
  7. pin-striped
  8. pin-stripes
  9. pin-tailed
  10. pin-tailed sandgrouse
  11. pin-tailed sandgrouses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pin-stripe (page history and authors); pinstripe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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