[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

strake \strake\, obs.
   imp. of strike. --spenser.
   1913 webster
see also:
strike 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
streak 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

strake
     n : thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
         syn: wale
see also:
wale 

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