strake

• Bande ou rangée continue de planches ou de plaques formant le bordé d'un navire en bois ou en métal, s'étendant longitudinalement le long de la coque, pouvant créer un relief ou un renfort.

A thick plank or plate that forms a continuous line of planking or plating along the side of a wooden ship, often creating a ridge.

1. Shipbuilding plankC2formal

   A thick plank or plate that runs longitudinally along the side of a wooden ship, often forming a ridge.

   Virure (de bordage)

   • The shipwright carefully fitted the strake to the hull.
   • A broken strake was replaced during the repair.
   • The strakes of the old galleon were made of oak.

   Synonymesplank