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Definition of Strakes

Strake
Strake Strake, obs. imp. of Strike. --Spenser.
Strake
Strake Strake, n. [See Streak.] 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. (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. 4. (Mining) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.

Meaning of Strakes from wikipedia

- metal ship, a strake is a course of plating. In small boats strakes may be single continuous pieces of wood. In larger wooden vessels strakes typically comprise...
- (LERX) are also sometimes referred to as wing strakes. On both supersonic and subsonic types, smaller strakes are sometimes applied to the forward fuselage...
- often described as Scruton strakes. For maximum effectiveness in suppression of vortices caused by air flow, each fin or strake should have a height of about...
- Strake Jesuit College Preparatory (properly referred to as Strake Jesuit or Jesuit but often informally called Strake by students and alumni) is a Jesuit...
- Look up strake in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A strake is a strip of planking or plating on a ship's hull. Strake may also refer to: Strake (aeronautics)...
- George Strake Jr. (June 10, 1935 – February 9, 2024) was an American politician. He served as Secretary of State of Texas from 1979 to 1981. Strake was born...
- Divine Strake was the official designation for a large-yield, non-nuclear, high-explosive test that was planned for the Nevada National Security Site,...
- deck and bulkhead structure. Certain specific strakes are uniquely identified: Keel: is a special strake of the Bottom plating extending from the centerplane...
- vectoring, modifications to the flight controls, and with actuated forebody strakes. The program lasted from April 1987 to September 1996. NASA reported that...
- aircraft, strakes were added to the underside of the gun pods and a hinged dam could be lowered to block the gap between the front ends of the strakes. This...