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plank floor

American  

noun

Shipbuilding.
  1. a floor made from sawed, straight-grained timber.


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As I part the curtains, early-morning sun spills through the window, spreading warm light across the knotty plank floor.

From Literature

First, I did up my breakfast things, then scrubbed the plank floor.

From Literature

I found myself in a cavernous, dusty room with a plank floor and high, exposed rafters.

From Literature

Then, finally, she remembered the Bunty Club—not all the funny detail but the actuality of it, the clandestine meetings in the shed, crouching on the plank floor among all those dangerous tools they weren’t supposed to go near, the splintery walls fragrant with creosote, her arms wrapped tight around scabbed knees, feeling scalded and enthralled by what was forbidden.

From The New Yorker

The pine plank floor threatened to buckle.

From Los Angeles Times