\Strake\, obs.
imp. of {Strike}. --Spenser.

\Strake\, n. [See {Streak}.]
1. A streak. [Obs.] --Spenser.``White strake.'' --Gen. xxx.
   37.
2. 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.
3. (Shipbuilding) 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.
Note: The planks or plates next 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 port sill, the wales; and the upper
      parts of the sides, the sheer strakes.
4. (Mining) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand;
   a launder.