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• Strake — Strake, n. [See {Streak}.] 1. A streak. [Obs.] Spenser. White strake. Gen. xxx. 37. [1913 Webster] 2. 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Strake — A strake is:#part of a boat or ship. It is a horizontal strip of wooden planking or steel plating on the exterior hull of a vessel, running longitudinally along the vessel from the stem to the stern. #a device for controlling air flow over an… …   Wikipedia

• strake — /streɪk/ (say strayk) noun 1. Nautical one continuous longitudinal line or breadth of planking or plate on the side or bottom of a vessel. 2. Mechanics any one section of the metal tyre on a wooden wheel. 3. Mechanics a metal plate let into a… …  

• Divine Strake — was the official designation for a large yield, non nuclear, high explosive test that was planned for the Nevada Test Site. Following its announcement, the test generated great controversy, centering on two issues: its potential value in… …   Wikipedia

• Garboard strake — Garboard Gar board, n. (Naut.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake. [1913 Webster] {Garboard strake} or {Garboard streak}, the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship s bottom next the keel. Totten …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• garboard strake — noun the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship • Syn: ↑garboard, ↑garboard plank • Hypernyms: ↑wale, ↑strake * * * noun see garboard * * * Naut. the first strake on each side of a keel. [ …   Useful english dictionary

• garboard strake — The strake of bottom shell plating adjacent to the keel plate …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Ferriby Boats — The Ferriby Boats are three Bronze Age sewn plank built boats, parts of which were discovered at North Ferriby in the East Riding of the English county of Yorkshire. Only a small number of boats of a similar period have been found in Britain and… …   Wikipedia

• Clinker (boat building) — A Viking longship, displaying the overlapping planks that characterize clinker construction. Clinker building is a method of constructing hulls of boats and ships by fixing wooden planks and, in the early nineteenth century, iron plates to each… …   Wikipedia

• Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …   Wikipedia

• Shell plating — is the outer most structure on the hull of a steel or aluminum ship or boat. It is the structural element that renders the hull watertight. Strakes A strake is the name given to each line of planking in a wooden vessel. [Kemp, The Oxford… …   Wikipedia