The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STRIPE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result STRIPE
- Band formed by priest after Reformation
- Band is small and rubbish
- Band beginning to sing rubbish
- Son heading rubbish band
- Band in street slightly indecent?
- Band’s initially sentimental rubbish
- Kit back on vehicle for band
- Priest altered mark of rank
- Take clothes off before beginning to enter bar
- The end of Oasis, rubbish band
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What does STRIPE mean?
STRIPE noun- A long, relatively straight region of a single colour.
- (in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
- Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
- A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick.
- A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
- Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.
- A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.
- To mark with stripes.
- To lash with a whip or strap.
- To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.