strake

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈstɹeɪk/ Rhymes: -eɪk === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== strake (plural strakes) (archaic) 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. Coordinate term: tyre (aviation) A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow. (fluid dynamics) Also used more generally to regulate fluid flow in pipes or vents to prevent turbulence or vortexes. (nautical) A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501). (engineering) 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. (obsolete) A streak. ===== Usage notes ===== (nautical): The planks or plates next to 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 portsills, the wales; and the upper parts of the sides, the sheer strakes. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== strake (third-person singular simple present strakes, present participle straking, simple past and past participle straked) (transitive, obsolete) To stretch. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== strake (obsolete) simple past of strike === Anagrams === Starke, Staker, tasker, Krastë, takers, rakest, trakes, streak, Akters, retask, staker, tareks, Kaster, Skater, Tasker, skater, sakret == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English *straca, from Proto-West Germanic *strakō, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz (“straight”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈstraːk(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== strake (plural strakes) strake ===== Descendants ===== English: strake → Irish: stráice ===== References ===== “strāke, n.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old English *strāc. ==== Noun ==== strake alternative form of stroke === Etymology 3 === From Old English strācian. ==== Verb ==== strake alternative form of stroken == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === strake definite singular of strak plural of strak == Slovak == === Noun === strake f dative/locative singular of straka