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Stealer In the shell planking toward the ends of a vessel a strake introduced as a single continuation of two tapering strakes. One of (usually the shorter or narrower of) the two planks which are butted into a single plank as double continuation or as the short piece notched into a larger plank to add width not available on one board. A term common to wooden boat design and construction. |