Usage of "grade insignia"

V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service.

Synonyms

Examples for "stripes"

While the young animal had stripes, they barely covered her brown body. 
 The South African 

Freedom of conscience for Dissenters of all stripes-almost-justasWilkins wanted it. 
 Quicksilver 

Lutha had let Ki see the stripes on his back that morning. 
 Oracle's Queen 

Our captain displayed the stars and stripes in true ship-shape cordial greeting. 
 Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1 

I made them of the nicest rags, and braided them in stripes. 
 Anne's House of Dreams 

The chevron is highly arched, and the false hoofs are very large. 
 Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon 

A flight of grey birds angled overhead in a southward pointing chevron. 
 Altered carbon 

The front chevron ploughed into the thick rectangle of men and women. 
 Stonewielder 

Chevron said it did not know how long the fire would continue. 
 Reuters 

Bruchou said Chevron should acknowledge the potential liability in company financial reports. 
 Reuters 

There's an immutable law in professional politics, no matter what your stripe. 
 The Guardian 

Five plain stitches form a zigzag in the middle of the stripe. 
 Encyclopedia of Needlework 

You may, perfectly reasonably, be uninterested in reality TV of any stripe. 
 The Irish Times 

New Yorker Joshua Kinberg is a bike messenger of a different stripe. 
 Wired 

The hero of romance is a different stripe; Hyperion to a Satyr. 
 The Delicious Vice 

Meanings of grade insignia in English