strake's Usage Examples:

After preparation for NDT shows the boiler barrel strakes to between 14 and 15 mm thick with good overall condition both internally and externally.

It tracks well due to the unique directional strakes.

Others used the rubbing strakes on the outside of the hull to climb up.

garboard (strake)of strakes on either side of the keel, are called garboard strakes.

A thick coating of pitch was applied to the interior before ceiling strakes and keelson were installed.

gunwale strake has been attached to the upper strake with mortise and tenon joints and dovetail fastenings.

The original PVC topsides ' skirt ' was refitted, with a new rubbing strake.

The seams had their flat faces beveled to match the decreasing angle made by adjacent strakes.

The upper edge of the sheer strake is the gunwale.

Structures may be cantilevered or between end fixings, may be vertical, horizontal or inclined, and may or may not have strakes.

The floor folds flat to spread the lower ribs whilst the upper strakes are kept tight to the struts.

Synonyms:

board, gun rest, wale, gunnel, plank, gunwale, vessel, watercraft, garboard, garboard strake, garboard plank,

Antonyms:

exit, get off, disembark, starve, live out,