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strake Definition

strake (strāk)

noun

a single line of planking or metal plating extending along the hull of a ship or boat from stem to stern

Etymology: ME, akin to strecchen, to stretch

strake Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • rub: Others used the rubbing strakes on the outside of the hull to climb up.
  • call: The plates, put on in rows from bow to stern, are called strakes.
  • show: After preparation for NDT shows the boiler barrel strakes to between 14 and 15 mm thick with good overall condition both internally and externally.
  • have: Structures may be cantilevered or between end fixings, may be vertical, horizontal or inclined, and may or may not have strakes.

Adjective modifier

  • upper: The floor folds flat to spread the lower ribs whilst the upper strakes are kept tight to the struts.
  • top: The weakest part of the ship was the upper part i.e the top strakes.
  • sheer: The upper edge of the sheer strake is the gunwale.
  • directional: It tracks well due to the unique directional strakes.
  • adjacent: The seams had their flat faces beveled to match the decreasing angle made by adjacent strakes.
  • bottom: In narrowboat work it was used to fasten the bottoms to the bottom strakes.

Preposition: on

  • side: The bottom row of strakes on either side of the keel, are called garboard strakes.

Noun used with modifier

  • garboard: The bottom row of strakes on either side of the keel, are called garboard strakes.
  • rubbing: The original PVC topsides ' skirt ' was refitted, with a new rubbing strake.
  • hull: There are, for example, the optional detail parts for the lifeboat davits and the optional outer hull strakes.
  • side: Eleven of these rest in notches cut into the upper side strakes and lower gunwale edges.
  • bilge: Port side, possible bilge strakes, under which the ruler was found.
  • ceiling: A thick coating of pitch was applied to the interior before ceiling strakes and keelson were installed.