Definitions for: Strake


[n] thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship



Webster (1913) Definition: Strake, obs.
imp. of Strike. --Spenser.


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

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.

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.

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.

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

Synonyms: wale

See Also: board, garboard, garboard plank, garboard strake, gun rest, gunnel, gunwale, plank, vessel, watercraft

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