strake

Meaning

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.
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. (obsolete) A streak.

wale

rubbing-strake

iron hoop

band iron

sluice box

wash box

trough washer

grip hook

furnace pot

bandage

wheel band

beam

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɹeɪk/

Inherited from Middle English

Inherited from Old English

Cognate with Latin

Cognate with Old English

In summary

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”).

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