Strake
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. A
streak. [Not used unless in reference to the range of planks in a ships side. See
Streak.]
2. A narrow board. [Not used.]
3. The iron band of a wheel. [In the United States, this is called a band, or the
tire of a wheel.]
Strake
[Preterit tense]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
of strike. [ See Strike .]
Strake
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
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. 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.
