The alternation of plain and coloured backgrounds to aid readability where a document contains a table with rows of data or similar.

(US, basketball, informal) The free-throw line.

A system of pleating a kilt in which a particular vertical stripe of the tartan pattern is selected and the pleats are arranged so that this chosen stripe runs down the center of each pleat.

Plotosus lineatus, a type of eeltail catfish with a long, cylindrical body, black with horizontal white stripes and venomous spines on its dorsal and pectoral fins, found in the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific, and invasive in the Mediterranean.

a tropical fish, Oplegnathus fasciatus, found primarily in waters around Japan. The young are distinguished by alternating stripes or bars of light and dark grey, whence the names. Adults, which grow up to 15 inches, tend to be charcoal grey.

(historical, aviation) A series of alternating black and white stripes painted on the fuselages and wings of Allied aircraft, for the purpose of increased recognition by friendly forces, prior to the invasion of western Europe on D-Day.

The flag of the United States.

The official newspaper of the United States armed forces.

Alternative spelling of pinstriped

moosewood (Acer pensylvanicum).