A continuous line of bolts or bolt holes running along a ship's hull or a structural component, securing planks or plates together.
Nautical compound combining 'bolt' and 'strake' (a line of planking or plating on a ship's hull). This technical shipbuilding term reflects specialized maritime construction vocabulary.
On early ironclad warships, the boltstrake patterns were engineering marvels—engineers had to calculate exactly how many bolts per inch would hold under cannon fire without adding so much weight that the ship would sink.
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