'Bengal stripes' definitions:

Definition of 'Bengal stripes'

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  • Bengal \Ben*gal"\, prop. n.
  • 1. A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A thin stuff, made of silk and hair, originally brought from Bengal. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Striped gingham, originally brought from Bengal; Bengal stripes. [1913 Webster]
  • Bengal light, a firework containing niter, sulphur, and antimony, and producing a sustained and vivid colored light, used in making signals and in pyrotechnics; -- called also blue light.
  • Bengal stripes, a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3.
  • Bengal tiger. (Zool.). See Tiger. [1913 Webster] Bengalee