A single continuous line of planking or metal plating running longitudinally on a vessel's hull. On modern metal hulled vessels the strake running the centerline of the vessel is known as the "Keel Strake". Other strakes are assigned letter designations working outward from the keel strake; "A" strake, "B" strake, etc. The strake at the turn of the bilge is called the "Bilge Strake". The longest continual strake at the uppermost deck is called the "Sheer Strake". Aside from the keel strake, there are two of every strake: Port & Starboard. Depending on the curves of the ship's hull, some strakes may be terminated before reaching either the bow or stern of the vessel.

The word that rhymes with "strake" and means a pain is "ache."

Strake Jesuit College Preparatory was created on 1960-06-21.

Ulrike Horstenkamp-Strake has written:

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The address of the Strake Jesuit Art Museum is: 8900 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77036-4610