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strake.

An iron fitting of a traditional wooden wheel, such as a hub component or bearing (e.g., box, bushel), a cleat, or a rim covering.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈstɹeɪk/
  1. An iron fitting of a traditional wooden wheel, such as a hub component or bearing (e.g., box, bushel), a cleat, or a rim covering.

    archaic
  2. A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.

  3. Also used more generally to regulate fluid flow in pipes or vents to prevent turbulence or vortexes.

  4. A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).

  5. A shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell

  6. A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.

  7. A streak.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English strake, from Old English *straca (> Anglo-Latin straca), from Proto-West Germanic *strakō, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz (“straight”). Akin to Old English streċċan (“to make straight, stretch”).

verb/ˈstɹeɪk/
  1. To stretch.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English strake, from Old English *straca (> Anglo-Latin straca), from Proto-West Germanic *strakō, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz (“straight”). Akin to Old English streċċan (“to make straight, stretch”).

verb/ˈstɹeɪk/
  1. simple past of strike

    form-of · obsolete · past
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