Strake

Part of speech: noun (n.)

imp. of Strike. Spenser.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A streak. [Obs.] Spenser."White strake." Gen. xxx. 37.

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.

3. 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.

4. A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.