wash-straken.
/ˈwɒʃstreɪk/, U.S. /ˈwɔʃˌstreɪk/, /ˈwɑʃˌstreɪk/ Nautical.
= washboard n. 1.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > devices to protect ship from weather > board to keep water out
set board1512
waist-board1627
washboard1753
water board1758
weatherboard1772
wash-strake1809
splash-board1907
1809 Naval Chron. 21 299 Exclusive of a moveable wash strake.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge iii. 39 A large Eboe canoe,..the bottom hollowed out of one single tree, but there was a washstreak of some kind of hardwood plank, so as to raise the gunwale about a foot above the ledge of the original vessel.
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