stripes

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stripes - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stripes
      n 1: V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service;
           "they earned their stripes in Kuwait" [syn: chevron,
           stripe, stripes, grade insignia]

stripes - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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).