strake : Idioms & Phrases
garboard strake
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noun the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship
garboard plank; garboard.
WordNet
Garboard strake ∨ streak
- the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. Totten.
Webster 1913
lap-strake
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adjective having overlapping hull planks
clinker-built; clincher-built; lap-straked; lap-streak; lap-streaked.
WordNet
Limber strake
(Shipbuilding) , the first course of inside planking next the keelson.
Webster 1913
Sheer strake
(Shipbuilding) , the strake under the gunwale on the top side. Totten.
Webster 1913
Upper strake
(Naut.) , the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.
