stripping

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of strip

noun

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.”

   “Never were cows that required such stripping.”

2. A physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream