field strip

See also: fieldstrip

English

Alternative forms

• fieldstrip
• field-strip

Verb

field strip (third-person singular simple present field strips, present participle field stripping, simple past and past participle field stripped)

1. (transitive) To dismantle (a weapon) for cleaning, oiling or repair; to disassemble (a firearm) to the maximum extent possible without tools.
   • 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:

     He'd learned how to work a repeater - even how to fieldstrip and clean it.

2. (transitive) To take apart (a cigarette butt) for the purpose of reducing litter.

Anagrams

• field trips