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strake
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Strake
(gcide) | Strake \Strake\, obs.
imp. of Strike. --Spenser.
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Strake
(gcide) | Strake \Strake\, n. [See Streak.]
1. A streak. [Obs.] --Spenser."White strake." --Gen. xxx. 37.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4. (Mining) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand;
a launder.
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strake
(wn) | strake
n 1: thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
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garboard strake
(encz) | garboard strake, n: |
lap-strake
(encz) | lap-strake, adj: |
lap-straked
(encz) | lap-straked, adj: |
strake
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Garboard strake
(gcide) | Garboard \Gar"board\, n. (Naut.)
One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a
garboard strake.
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Garboard strake or Garboard streak, the first range or
strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel.
--Totten.
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Lapstrake
(gcide) | Lapstreak \Lap"streak`\, Lapstrake \Lap"strake`\, lap-streaked
\lap-streaked\, lap-straked \lap-straked\a.
Made with boards whose edges lap one over another;
clinker-built; -- said of boats. Contrasted with
carvel-built.
Syn: lap-jointed, overlapping.
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lap-straked
(gcide) | Lapstreak \Lap"streak`\, Lapstrake \Lap"strake`\, lap-streaked
\lap-streaked\, lap-straked \lap-straked\a.
Made with boards whose edges lap one over another;
clinker-built; -- said of boats. Contrasted with
carvel-built.
Syn: lap-jointed, overlapping.
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Limber strake
(gcide) | Limber \Lim"ber\ (l[i^]m"b[~e]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar
branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See Limb a
branch.]
1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov.
Eng.]
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2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of a gun carriage,
consisting of two wheels, an axle, and a shaft to which
the horses are attached. On top is an ammunition box upon
which the cannoneers sit.
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3. pl. (Naut.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the
keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
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Limber boards (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part
of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the
timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming
clogged.
Limber box or Limber chest (Mil.), a box on the limber
for carrying ammunition.
Limber rope, Limber chain or Limber clearer (Naut.), a
rope or chain passing through the limbers of a ship, by
which they may be cleared of dirt that chokes them.
--Totten.
Limber strake (Shipbuilding), the first course of inside
planking next the keelson.
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Ringstraked
(gcide) | Ringstraked \Ring"straked`\, a.
Ring-streaked.
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Cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. --Gen. xxx.
39.
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Sheer strake
(gcide) | Sheer \Sheer\, n.
1. (Naut.)
(a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck,
gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from
the side.
(b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and
swinging clear of it.
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2. A turn or change in a course.
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Give the canoe a sheer and get nearer to the shore.
--Cooper.
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3. pl. Shears See Shear.
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Sheer batten (Shipbuilding), a long strip of wood to guide
the carpenters in following the sheer plan.
Sheer boom, a boom slanting across a stream to direct
floating logs to one side.
Sheer hulk. See Shear hulk, under Hulk.
Sheer plan, or Sheer draught (Shipbuilding), a projection
of the lines of a vessel on a vertical longitudinal plane
passing through the middle line of the vessel.
Sheer pole (Naut.), an iron rod lashed to the shrouds just
above the dead-eyes and parallel to the ratlines.
Sheer strake (Shipbuilding), the strake under the gunwale
on the top side. --Totten.
To break sheer (Naut.), to deviate from sheer, and risk
fouling the anchor.
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Upper strake
(gcide) | Upper \Up"per\, a.; comp. of Up.
Being further up, literally or figuratively; higher in place,
position, rank, dignity, or the like; superior; as, the upper
lip; the upper side of a thing; the upper house of a
legislature.
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The upper hand, the superiority; the advantage. See {To
have the upper hand}, under Hand. --Jowett (Thucyd.).
Upper Bench (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of
common law (formerly King's Bench) during the
Commonwealth.
Upper case, the top one of a pair of compositor's cases.
See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.
Upper covert (Zool.), one of the coverts situated above the
bases of the tail quills.
Upper deck (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the
spar deck.
Upper leather, the leather for the vamps and quarters of
shoes.
Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually
of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.
Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated) Upper ten, the ten
thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or
wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.]
Upper topsail (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail.
Upper works (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a
vessel that are properly above water.
Upper world.
(a) The atmosphere.
(b) Heaven.
(c) This world; the earth; -- in distinction from the
underworld.
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garboard strake
(wn) | garboard strake
n 1: the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship [syn:
garboard, garboard plank, garboard strake] |
lap-strake
(wn) | lap-strake
adj 1: having overlapping hull planks [syn: clinker-built,
clincher-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, {lap-
streak}, lap-streaked] [ant: carvel-built] |
lap-straked
(wn) | lap-straked
adj 1: having overlapping hull planks [syn: clinker-built,
clincher-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, {lap-
streak}, lap-streaked] [ant: carvel-built] |
strake
(wn) | strake
n 1: thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
[syn: wale, strake] |
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