Strāke1, imp.
of strike. [Obs.] See STRIKE.
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Strake
Strāke2, n.
[See STREAK.] 1. A streak. [Obs.]
Sense 2. A narrow board. [Obs.]
Sense 3. An iron band by which the felloes of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but in separate pieces.
Sense 4. (Ship-building.) A continuous range of planks on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak. Totten.
☞ The planks or plates next the keel are called the garboard strakes; the next are called the bilge strakes; the next, the wales; and the upper parts of the sides are called the shear strakes.