One breadth of plank in a ship, either within or without board, wrought from the stem to the stern-post.
♦ Garboard-strake. The lowest range of planks, faying into the keel-rabbets.
♦ Wash-strake guards spray.
·- imp. of Strike. II. Strake ·noun A <<Streak>>. III. Strake ·noun A trough for washing broken or...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The range of plank immediately above the wales in a ship's side; they are always covered with a mixt...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Certain strakes of plank which the beam fastenings pass through. ...
, or sand-streak. The first range of planks laid upon a ship's bottom, next the keel, into which i...
A name sometimes used for garboard-strake. ...
In boats, the upper strake of plank but one. ...
A name sometimes given to the garboard-strake. ...
See steeler. ...
or wash of boats. A strake thicker than those of the bottom, wrought round the gunwales, and lined...
See wash-board ...