Strip′ping.
1. (Carding.) The operation of cleaning or removing the short fibers from between the teeth of the various cylinders and top flats. Some machines are self-stripping; every other flat being moved in one motion of the stripping mechanism, the second motion taking the alternate flats.
2. (File-making.) The process of cross-filing and then draw-filing file blanks to prepare them for grinding or cutting. 3. Removing the wings of the tobacco leaf from the stems. The wings are piled and pressed, and form a book.