“strip”

To remove all of one's clothes (or sometimes to remove all except underclothes, or figuratively).

Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation

A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.

A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82.