a curved metal plate forming part of the metal rim on a wooden wheel
b.
any metal plate let into a rubber tyre
2. Also called: streak nautical
one of a continuous range of planks or plates forming the side of a vessel
3.
a profiled piece of wood carried on an arm that rotates round a fixed post: used to sweep the internal shape of a mould, as for a bell or a ship's propeller blade, in sand or loam
Word origin
C14: related to Old English streccan to stretch
strake in American English
(streɪk)
noun
a single line of planking or metal plating extending along the hull of a ship or boat from stem to stern
Word origin
ME, akin to strecchen, to stretch
Examples of 'strake' in a sentence
strake
We could say our boat's pulled up in the ravine cove for repair of a sprung garboard strake.
Julian May IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE (2004)