strake Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
    wale.

WordNet

Strake
Definitions
obs.
  1. imp. of Strike. Spenser.
Strake noun
Etymology
See Streak.
Definitions
  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. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913