tigerstripe
English
noun
Definitions
- Any of a group of camouflage patterns developed for close-range use in jungle warfare, having narrow brushlike strokes of green and brown accompanied by broader strokes of black printed over a lighter olive or khaki.
Etymology
Compound from English tiger + English stripe.
Origin
English
stripe
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Tigerville English
- bluestripe English
- bootstripe English
- destripe English
- eyestripe English
- headstripe English
- interstripe English
- multistripe English
- nanostripe English
- pinstripe English
- restripe English
- she-tiger English
- stripe English
- stripeless English
- stripelike English
- striper English
- stripewise English
- stripy English
- tiger English
- tigerdom English
- tigerfish English
- tigerhood English
- tigerish English
- tigerism English
- tigerless English
- tigerlike English
- tigerly English
- tigerskin English
- tigerwood English
- tigery English
- tigress English
- weretiger English
- tigre Italian
- strippen Dutch, Flemish
- tygre Middle English
- teigr Welsh
- taikō Marshallese
- tiger Cornish
- taika Maori
- tiger
- stripe
- stripy
- tigery
- striper
- tigerly
- tigress
- restripe
- tigerism
- destripe
- tigerish
- tigerdom
- tigerless
- weretiger
- pinstripe
- eyestripe
- tigerlike
- she-tiger
- tigerwood
- tigerhood
- tigerfish
- tigerskin
- stripelike
- nanostripe
- headstripe
- stripeless
- stripewise
- bootstripe
- Tigerville
- bluestripe
- multistripe
- interstripe