Obs. exc. dial. Also 8 stroak. [Altered form of STRAKE sb.1] = STRAKE sb.1 1 a.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. 332/1. The parts of a Wheel. The Nave…. The Stroke, is the Iron Rim about the Felloes.
1773. W. Emerson Princ. Mech. (ed. 3), 283. Stroaks or straiks, the iron going round the circumference of carriage wheels.
1904. Eng. Dial. Dict.
