Strake

Strake
Strake Strake, n. [See {Streak}.] 1. A streak. [Obs.] --Spenser.``White strake.'' --Gen. xxx. 37. [1913 Webster]

2. An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces. [1913 Webster]

3. (Shipbuilding) One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak. [1913 Webster]

Note: The planks or plates next the keel are called the garboard strakes; the next, or the heavy strakes at the bilge, are the bilge strakes; the next, from the water line to the lower port sill, the wales; and the upper parts of the sides, the sheer strakes. [1913 Webster]

4. (Mining) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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Synonyms:
, (on the side of a vessel)


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