3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plank \Plank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planked}; p. pr & vb n.
{Planking}.]
1. To cover or lay with planks; as to plank a floor or a
ship. ``Planked with pine.'' --Dryden.
2. To lay down as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash;
as to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.]
3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of
wool, for subsequent drawing.
{Planked shad}, shad split open fastened to a plank, and
roasted before a wood fire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Planking \Plank"ing\, n.
1. The act of laying planks; also planks, collectively; a
series of planks in place as the wooden covering of the
frame of a vessel.
2. The act of splicing slivers. See {Plank}, v. t., 4.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
planking
n : the work of covering an area with planks
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