stripping

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of strip

plural strippings

1. The act of one who strips.

   1879, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology Volume II Part IV: Ceremonial Institutions The mutual bows and courtesies […] are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive.

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   Never were cows that required such stripping.

   1863, Elizabeth Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers

2. chemistryA physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream
3. The practice of stroking and compressing the teats or a cow to draw out the last of the milk.

   In the train coming out a chap told me what ‘stripping’ was - getting the last drop of milk from the cow, otherwise the cow would dry up sooner than it should.

   1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 26