STRAKE
\stɹˈe͡ɪk], \stɹˈeɪk], \s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_k]\
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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.
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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.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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