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strake

We found 17 definitions of strake from 6 different sources.

What does strake mean?

Noun
strake - thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
		wale
		plank, board an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
		watercraft, vessel skill in the management of boats
		garboard, garboard plank, garboard strake the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship

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strake (Noun)
An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.
strake (Noun)
A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.
strake (Noun)
A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. FM 55-501.
strake (Noun)
A shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell.
strake (Noun)
A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
strake (Noun)
A streak.
strake (Verb)
To stretch akin to Old English: streccan.

strake
imp. of Strike.
strake (n.)
A streak.
strake (n.)
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.
strake (n.)
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.
strake (n.)
A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.

strake
strāk, obsolete pa.t. of strike
strake
strāk, n. one breadth of plank in a ship, either within or without board, wrought from the stem to the sternpost: the hoop or tire of a wheel; (obs.) a bushel: the place where ore is assorted on a mine floor.—Also Straik. [A variant of streak.]

strake
One breadth of plank in a ship, either within or without board, wrought from the stem to the stern-post.--Garboard-strake. The lowest range of planks, faying into the keel-rabbets.--Wash-strake guards spray.