Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Strake \Strake\, obs.
   imp. of {Strike}. --Spenser.

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.

Source : WordNet®

strake
     n : thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
         [syn: {wale}]