In cross-channel steamers and other vessels which frequently berth alongside jetties the strake just above the waterline is reinforced and protected with a baulk of timber, which is faced with steel and known as the rubbing strake.
Iphenyana elinqumleza imijelo nezinye izikhitshane ezithi zime rheqo ecaleni kwejetties, istrake esiphezulu kemgca womanzi siyemelezwa sikhuselwa ngeblekhwe yomthi wephanga, esijengwe sistili nesaziwa njenge stiake schlikihlo.