striplet
(ˈstrɪplɪt)
[f. strip n.2 + -let.]
A small strip. Also attrib.
| 1839 C. A. Southey in Blackw. Mag. XLV. 756 The rising flood came rushing on, Till not a sea-mark old was seen, Nor of the striplet islets green A speck of hard, dry sand. 1884 A. S. Swan Mark Desb. xiv. 122 The striplet of firm wet sand left by the ebbing tide. |