Crossword clues for strake
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Strake \Strake\, obs.
imp. of Strike.
--Spenser.
Strake \Strake\, n. [See Streak.]
A streak. [Obs.]
--Spenser.``White strake.''
--Gen. xxx. 37.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.
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(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.
(Mining) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context obsolete English) An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel. 2 (context aviation English) A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow. 3 (context nautical archaic English) A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501). vb. (context obsolete English) To stretch. Etymology 2
vb. (context obsolete English) (en-simple past of: strike)
WordNet
n. thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship [syn: wale]
Wikipedia
A strake or stringer is part of the shell of the hull of a boat or ship which, in conjunction with the other strakes, keeps the vessel watertight and afloat. It is a strip of planking in a wooden vessel or of plating in a metal one, running longitudinally along the vessel's side, bottom or the turn of the bilge, usually from one end of the vessel to the other. Stringers run horizontally along the ship's frame providing structural strength. On a longboat, one strake will typically be made up of numerous planks running end to end.
In aviation, a strake is an aerodynamic surface generally mounted on the fuselage of an aircraft to improve the flight characteristics either by controlling the airflow (acting as large vortex generators) or by simple stabilising effect.
In general a strake is longer than it is wide, in contrast to a winglet or a moustache.
Leading edge root extensions (LERX) are also sometimes referred to as wing strakes.
Strake may refer to:
- Strake (nautical), a strip of planking or plating on a ship's hull.
- Strake (aeronautics), an element on a fuselage of an aircraft for controlling air flow
- Grouser, a traction-improving pattern on the surface of a wheel or track
- Screed, a tool for tamping and levelling
- An edge feature in automotive design
Usage examples of "strake".
She had never recognized that the Straken Lord had any interest in her beyond keeping her imprisoned and alive until its creature, the Moric, could do whatever it had been sent to do in her own world.
But the cunning and deception of the Straken Lord had deceived them all, and so for the first time in centuries, a demon was free.
She was inside the Forbidding because the Straken Lord had arranged for a handful of Druids who hated her to be swayed into using magic that would put her here.
The pain and humiliation she had been forced to suffer at the hands of the Straken Lord had shattered her confidence.
The Straken Lord had brought her into the Forbidding, and it knew who she was.
If so, then the Straken Lord had a vested interest in protecting her until its ally was ready to return.
It was also possible that the Straken Lord would be alerted to the fact that she had tampered with it.
She was back in the room in which the Straken Lord had confronted her.
She could either take the stairs the Straken Lord had climbed or retrace her steps into the cells.
They were creatures of the Straken Lord, after all, and it had trained them to do its bidding.
All that remained for her was to prepare herself for whatever fate the Straken Lord intended.
Other than the purpose she had already served in switching places with whatever creature the magic had set free from the Forbidding, what reason could the Straken Lord have for taking an interest in her?
She sat quietly on the floor of her little room and thought about what the Straken Lord had told her.
In the center of a group of unidentifiable creatures hidden within robes and hoods sat the Straken Lord.
She did as she was told, rising gingerly to exit the cage and stand on the floor of the arena, facing the Straken Lord.