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strake |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Strake \Strake\, obs. imp. of {Strike}. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Strake \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: strake n : a ridge of thick planking along the side of a wooden ship [syn: {wale}]
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