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

Words Nearby duckboard

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How to use duckboard in a sentence

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
It was about a mile from the line down a "beautiful" duckboard track.
500 of the Best Cockney War Stories | Various
Shell-holes and trenches everywhere filled with water till choice of movement was confined to a few duckboard tracks.
The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry | G. K. Rose
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
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

British Dictionary definitions for duckboard

duckboard

/ (ˈdʌkˌbɔːd) /

noun

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

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