strake
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noun
Nautical. a continuous course of planks or plates on a ship forming a hull shell, deck, etc.
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strake (streɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a curved metal plate forming part of the metal rim on a wooden wheel |
| b. any metal plate let into a rubber tyre | |
| 2. | nautical Also called: streak one of a continuous range of planks or plates forming the side of a vessel |
| 3. | a profiled piece of wood carried on an arm that rotates round a fixed post: used to sweep the internal shape of a mould, as for a bell or a ship's propeller blade, in sand or loam |
| [C14: related to Old English streccan to | |
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Strake
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Example sentences
Oak transverse frames steamed into place run full from the strake.
These materials had poor mechanical properties, and a number of strake segments failed.
Here, the media has done a poor job, raising the strake for confrontation through distortion.
The covering boards or saddle above the sheer strake are oak and painted white.
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