stripping noun3 •The act of one who strips.The mutual bows and courtesies […] are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. — 1879 •A physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream •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 formsstrippings
