Hunting. Obs. [Of obscure origin: cf. STRAKE sb.2] trans. To sound (a particular call) on the horn. Also absol. or intr., Hence † Straking vbl. sb.
13[?]. Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1364. Strakande ful stoutly mony stil motez. Ibid., 1923.
a. 1400–50. Wars Alex., 1386. Steryn steuyn vp strake strakid þar trumpis.
c. 1400. Master of Game (MS. Digby 182), xxxiii. And whan þer is nought ylefte, þan shulnde þe lorde gyfe hym luste, and elles þe maistre of þe game … shulde strake in þis wyse: Þat is to say blowe .IIII. moot a litell lenger þan þe first IIII. Ibid., xxxv. Þei shulde strake þe assise þat longeth to þe herte slayne with strength. Ibid. And alle oþere hunters shall strake þe common strakynge as is aboue deuysed and seyde.
14[?]. in Rel. Ant., I. 152. I shall blowe a mote, and aftirward I shall strake after myn houndes.
1470–85. Malory, Arthur, IX. xxi. 370. Thenne kyng Mark blewe and straked and there with his knyghtes came to hym.
1576. Turberv., Venerie, Meas. Blowing (1908), 252. The Straking from Couert to Couert. With twoo windes.
