A Flake

1. (Britain, dialect) A paling; a hurdle.
2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
3. (nautical) A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc.
4. (nautical) Alternative form of fake (“turn or coil of cable or hawser”)