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strake

n. நீள்வரிப்பட்டி, கப்பலின் முன்பகுதியிலிருந்து பின் பகுதி வரையுள்ள தொடர்ச்சியான பலகை அல்லது தகட்டு அடைப்பு.


Strake, obs. Defn: imp. of Strike. Spenser. Strake, n. Etym: [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) Defn: 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) Defn: A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.


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