Strake

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- imp. of Strike.

II. Strake ·noun A Streak.

III. Strake ·noun A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.

IV. Strake ·noun 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.

V. Strake ·noun 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.

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