To mark with a bar or bars, e.g. with stripes of colour, the ‘bar’ in music, etc. Cf. barred, adj.

transitive. To variegate or diversify with coloured stripes or streaks.

transitive. To mark (esp. fabric) with lines or stripes. Obsolete.

transitive. To stripe, braid. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. Usually in past participle. To fasten or tie with ribbon; to decorate, adorn, or trim (something) with a ribbon or ribbons; spec. to…

To mark with a narrow band or with bands of colour; to mark with alternate stripes of colour. gen.

transitive. To mark like a tiger with lines or streaks of contrasting colour.