planking

[ plang-king ]
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noun
  1. planks collectively, as in a floor.

  2. the act of laying or covering with planks.

Origin of planking

1
First recorded in 1485–95; plank + -ing1

Words Nearby planking

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How to use planking in a sentence

  • Construction: diagonal principle, Dantzic oak without, horizontal planking of Italian larch.

    Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.
  • In the woods around were splendid trees, white and black oak and chestnut, for planking, and pine for the decks.

  • In vain Lamont skilfully pierced the planking beneath water line.

    Menotah | Ernest G. Henham

British Dictionary definitions for planking

planking

/ (ˈplæŋkɪŋ) /


noun
  1. a number of planks

  2. the act of covering or furnishing with planks

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