Chevron; stroke from a cane or whip (6)

I believe the answer is:

stripe

(Other definitions for stripe that I've seen before include "Narrow band of colour" , "promotion, maybe" , "Band of colour, maybe of rank" , "Line of different colour - indicator of rank" , "Length of material, maybe showing rank" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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