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Strake n.

A streak. (Obs.) "White strake."

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.

(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.

(Mining) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.

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"Strake" Quotes from Famous Books

... nay? By my heed, thou hast nat sayd that for nought,'—and so therwith strake the knight that he wounded hym in fyue (five) places, and there was no knyght nor barone yt durst ...

— A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees • Edwin Asa Dix

... of his father: and he strake of the gall on his fathers' eyes, saying, Be of good hope, ...

— Deuteronomical Books of the Bible - Apocrypha • Anonymous

... he demanded of the esquier whie he did not his dutie; "Sir (said he) I am otherwise commanded by sir Piers of Exton, which is newlie come from K. Henrie." When king Richard heard that word, he tooke the keruing knife in his hand, and strake the esquier on the head, saieng The diuell take Henrie of Lancaster and the togither. And with that word, sir Piers entred the chamber, well armed, with eight tall men likewise armed, euerie of them hauing a bill in ...

— Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) - Henrie IV • Raphael Holinshed

... had read almost the like cited out of Gregorious Turonensis History by Bellarmine in his treatise de Christo refuting Arianisine of a Arian bischop who just so suborned one to feinge himselfe blind that he might cure him, but God really strake him blind. Also it minded me of a certain Comoedian (who was to play before the Duc of Florence) who in his part had to act himselfe as dead for a while. He that he might act himselfe as dead wt the more life and ...

— Publications of the Scottish History Society, Vol. 36 • Sir John Lauder

... that the ship is "a love". The sides are yellow as marigold, The port-lids are red when the ports are up: Blood-red squares like an even chequer Of yellow asters and portulaca. There is a wide "black strake" at the waterline And above is a blue like the sky when the weather is fine. The inner bulwarks are painted red. "Why?" asks Miss Jessie. "'Tis a horrid note." Mr. Nichols clears his throat, And tells her the launching day is set. He says, ...

— Men, Women and Ghosts • Amy Lowell

... were speakin' aboot—t' tak' a hunner' or a hunner' an' fifty ton o' cargo ... for th' time bein'.... No! Jist twa beams tae be cut an' strappit.... A screw-jack an' a forge or twa! We can ... straighten them oot in their place! ... Naethin' wrang below th' sheer strake! ... ...

— The Brassbounder - A Tale of the Sea • David W. Bone

Words linked to "Strake" : gun rest, garboard, plank, garboard strake, gunnel, wale, garboard plank, gunwale, lap-strake, vessel, board