duckboard

[ duhk-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈdʌkˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

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

Nearby words

duck-egg, duck-egg blue, duck-legged, duck-walk, duckbill, duckboard, ducker, duckface, duckfoot quote, duckfooted, duckie

Origin of duckboard

First recorded in 1915–20; duck¹ + board

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Examples from the Web for duckboard

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
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

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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