Strake

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical A single continuous line of planking or metal plating extending on a vessel's hull from stem to stern.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel.
  • n. A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.
  • n. A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).
  • n. a shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell
  • n. A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
  • n. A streak.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • imp. of strike.
  • n. A streak.
  • n. 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.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To move; go; proceed.
  • n. A streak; a stripe.
  • n. A strip; a narrow tract.
  • n. A reef in a sail.
  • n. A rut in a road.
  • n. A crack in a floor.
  • n. A breadth of plank or planking; specifically, a continuous line of planking or plates on a vessel's side, reaching from stem to stern. Also streak and shutter-in. See cut under clincher-built.
  • n. The iron band used to bind the fellies of a wheel; the hoop or tire of a wheel.
  • n. A piece of board or metal used for scraping off the skimpings in handjigging or tozing.
  • n. Same as lye.
  • n. A bushel: more commonly strike (which see).
  • n. In hunting, a particular signal with a horn.
  • n. An obsolete preterit of strike.
  • A dialectal (Scotch) form of stroke.
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  • n. thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    plank    board   
    Cross Reference
    passing strake    bilge strake    deck-strakes    ceiling-strakes    raised strake   
    Variant
    strike   
    Hyponym
    garboard plank    gunnel    garboard    gun rest    garboard strake   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    streak    launder   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hydroplane    sunblind    cutwater    protocol    baluster   
     
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