ok..... since I am having to fix someones spelling... smiles oh so innocently at my adopted pappa....
degredation stripe.. degradation stripe......... could be two things...... one....... it could be an errosion or wearing down... such as a trail left behind the massive herds of bosk as they migrate....
or degradation stripe..... a stripe left upon one being degraded or humilitated. a mark to show a dishonor.
I am going with the first....
so trails