strakes

Ploughs were of wood, and harrows; cart-wheels were often wholly of wood without tires, though sometimes iron plates called strakes held the felloes together, being fastened to them by long clinch-pins.

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

The new bonnet has much deeper stiffening ribs, called strakes, making it look more sporty, as does the mesh grille insert that replaces the previous model's horizontal slats.

Motoring 2010

The new bonnet has much deeper stiffening ribs, called strakes, making it look more sporty, as does the mesh grille insert that replaces the previous model's horizontal slats.

Motoring 2010

The new bonnet has much deeper stiffening ribs, called strakes, making it look more sporty, as does the mesh grille insert that replaces the previous model's horizontal slats.

Motoring 2010

The new bonnet has much deeper stiffening ribs, called strakes, making it look more sporty, as does the mesh grille insert that replaces the previous model's horizontal slats.

Motoring 2010

Audi "The R8's top mechanism slews in and out place in about 20 seconds, at speeds up to 30 mph, and stows under the Audi's outrageously cool rear decklid with finned aluminum strakes," writes Mr. Neil.

Audi R8: The Apex of Gasoline-Power 2010

He noted the clenched rivets that held the strakes together.

His Disposition 2010

Cadfael reckoned ten strakes a side, six feet deep amidships, the single mast lowered aft.

His Disposition 2010

Meanwhile, these instruments create a virtual line across the front of the car, right at the level of the four-ring logo and, combined with the strakes of brightwork in the grille and brake ducts, the effect is to broaden, to exaggerate the horizontality of the car.

The Better to Eat You With, Luxury Rivals DAN NEIL 2010

They were framed from naturally curved oak and planked with very thin oak strakes, clinker-built above the waterline and carvel-built below to reduce drag and increase speed.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008