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Webster 1913 Edition
Strake
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.
☞ 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Strake
STRAKE
, pret. of strike. [See Strike.]STRAKE
,Noun.
1.
A streak. [Not used unless in reference to the range of planks in a ships side. See Streak.]2.
A narrow board. [Not used.]3.
The iron band of a wheel. [In the United States, this is called a band, or the tire of a wheel.]