strake
noun
a continuous course of planks or plates on a ship forming a hull shell, deck, etc.
strakes
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pluralof strake.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And what about those jazzy plastic strakes framing the gloss-black crossbar?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
But the exhibit quickly jumped to flashier models, like a 1984 Testarossa with its side strakes and horizontal design elements that make it look impossibly low and wide.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2017
Wide chines aft and sharp-lifting strakes aid lift, add balance and work together with the widely flared bow to produce a dry-running, soft-riding hull.
From Time Magazine Archive
The large hull strakes and reverse chines of the modified deep-V worked precisely as designed to lift the bow and return the spray to the sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
No matter where you were on the ship, you felt the power of the Olympic's twenty-nine boilers transmitted upward through the strakes of the hull.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
