stripping

English

Verb

stripping

1. present participle of strip

Noun

stripping (plural strippings)

1. 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.

2. (chemistry, engineering) A physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream

Anagrams

• trippings