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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
A type of aerodynamic surface mounted on an aircraft fuselage to fine-tune the airflow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Also used more generally to regulate fluid flow in pipes or vents to prevent turbulence or vortexes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fluid-dynamics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
A continuous line of plates or planks running from bow to stern that contributes to a vessel's skin. (FM 55-501).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
A shaped piece of wood used to level a bed or contour the shape of a mould, as for a bell
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A streak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To stretch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
simple past of strike
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, obsolete, past
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noun
thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wale
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Broader terms: board, plank
Narrower terms: garboard, garboard plank, garboard strake, gunwale, gunnel, gun rest
History
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”).
Across languages
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