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.
Meaning & usage
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.
A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.
Also used more generally to regulate fluid flow in pipes or vents to prevent turbulence or vortexes.
A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).
A shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell
A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
A streak.
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”).
To stretch.
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”).
simple past of strike
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