strake

Etymology 1
From, from (> Anglo-🇨🇬), from , from. Akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 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).
 * 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.
 * 7)  A streak.
 * 1)  A shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell
 * 2) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
 * 3)  A streak.
 * 1) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
 * 2)  A streak.

Usage notes

 * The planks or plates next to 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 portsills, the wales; and the upper parts of the sides, the sheer strakes.

Translations

 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:,  ,
 * French: ,


 * Dutch: huidgang
 * Finnish: laidoituskerros
 * French:
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: stráice, easna
 * Maori: rauawa

Verb

 * 1)  To stretch.

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From.