straik

Noun

strake (plural strakes)

1. (archaic) An iron fitting of a traditional wooden wheel, such as a hub component or bearing (e.g., box, bushel), a cleat, or a rim covering.
   • The separate pieces of iron, forming together the fitting of the wheel, are called strakes, and the great nails by which they are fastened to the woodwork, and which had thick projecting heads, are called strake-nails and occasionally, it seems, cart-nails, great nails, or frets.1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 544
2. A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.
3. Also used more generally to regulate fluid flow in pipes or vents to prevent turbulence or vortexes.
4. A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).
   • With regard to materials, all the frames should be of oak and so should the stem piece, stern post, upper portion of dead woods, knight heads, apron, beams, shelf clamp, bilge strakes, and keelson; the keel will generally be found to be either English or American elm. The garboard strakes are...1884, Dixon Kemp, A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing (Fourth Edition), pages 13–14
5. A shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell
6. A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.

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