Found 2 items, similar to strake.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: strake strake n : thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship [syn: wale]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Strake Strake \Strake\, obs. imp. of Strike. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Strake \Strake\, n. [See Streak.] 1. A streak. [Obs.] --Spenser.“White strake.” --Gen. xxx. 37. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mining) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder. [1913 Webster]