strake

English Thesaurus

1. thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	board, plank,
definition	:	a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	garboard, garboard plank, garboard strake,
definition	:	the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	gun rest, gunnel, gunwale,
definition	:	wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	vessel, watercraft,
definition	:	a craft designed for water transportation (noun.artifact)