duckboard

[duhk-bawrd, -bohrd]

noun

a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.

Origin of duckboard

First recorded in 1915–20; duck¹ + board

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Examples from the Web for duckboard

Historical Examples of duckboard

It was about a mile from the line down a "beautiful" duckboard track.
500 of the Best Cockney War Stories
Various
I pawed the mud with my right in order to find the duckboard.
Combed Out
Fritz August Voigt
As we were coming down the duckboard track after being relieved Jerry started to put over a barrage.
500 of the Best Cockney War Stories
Various
At some 'posts' there was nothing better to sit on than the muddy 'fire-step' or at best half a duckboard or an old bomb box.
The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
G. K. Rose
I stamped on the duckboard and kicked the sides of the trench and jerked my rifle up and down just to keep myself awake.
Combed Out
Fritz August Voigt

British Dictionary definitions for duckboard

duckboard

noun

a board or boards laid so as to form a floor or path over wet or muddy ground

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