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strake [strāk]

(aerospace engineering)

The slender forward extension of the inboard region of the wing of a combat aircraft, used to provide increased lift in the high angle-of-attack maneuvering condition.

(building construction)

A course of clapboarding on a house.

(civil engineering)

A row of steel plates installed on a tall steel chimney.

(mining engineering)

A relatively wide trough set at a slope and covered with a blanket or corduroy for catching comparatively coarse gold and any valuable mineral.

(naval architecture)

A continuous band of planking or plating running fore and aft along the hull of a ship.

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strake

1. On the siding of a house, a run of clapboard.

2. In a tall steel chimney, a row of steel plates.