noun
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a number of planks
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the act of covering or furnishing with planks
Etymology
Origin of planking
Example Sentences
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Bee was built using age-old clinker planking techniques for a co-operative of crofters from Stroma which sits between Orkney and the mainland.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
What they brought was a piece of brick that was likely part of the ship’s steam boiler, and planking from its hull.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
“It’s a meme,” he explains, like planking or owling.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
“Swift decisive action at that point was the difference between planking the curve and a runaway epidemic,” Hayhoe said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2020
“Therefore we must assume that whoever took the boat out that night drove in the planking and opened the sea-cocks.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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