Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) imp. of Strike. 2. (n.) A streak. 3. (n.) 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. 4. (n.) 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. 5. (n.) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder.

Multi-Version Concordance Strake (1 Occurrence) Acts 27:17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. (KJV)