[1605–15; ring1 + strake (in the obs. sense “stripe of contrasting color”) + -ed3]This word is first recorded in the period 1605–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crater, ferrule, ideal, inverse, surface-ed is a suffix forming adjectives from nouns. Other words that use the affix -ed include: bearded, monied, tender-hearted