Stripes

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stripes
       n : V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service;
           "they earned their stripes in Kuwait" [syn: {chevron}, {stripe},
            {grade insignia}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Stripes
     as a punishment were not to exceed forty (Deut. 25:1-3), and
     hence arose the custom of limiting them to thirty-nine (2 Cor.
     11:24). Paul claimed the privilege of a Roman citizen in regard
     to the infliction of stripes (Acts 16:37, 38; 22:25-29). Our
     Lord was beaten with stripes (Matt. 27:26).