'Strake' definitions:
Definition of 'strake'
(from WordNet)
noun
Thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship [syn: wale, strake]
Definition of 'Strake'
From: GCIDE
- 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]