Definition of strake

• - imp. of Strike.
• n. - A streak.
• n. - 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.
• n. - 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.
• n. - A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.