Strake \Strake\, n. [See Streak.]
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) 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) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand;
a launder.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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