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Pronunciation : Strake
Part of Speech : obs.
Definition : Defn: imp. of Strike. Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Strake
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Streak.]
Definition : 1. A streak. [Obs.] Spenser."White strake." Gen. xxx. 37.

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.

3. (Shipbuilding)

Defn: 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.

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.

4. (Mining)

Defn: A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913