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Planked :: Planked (imp. & p. p.) of Plan.

Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard..

Madrier :: Madrier (n.) A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down..

Spirling :: Spirketing (n.) The planking from the waterways up to the port sills.

Straight-lined :: Straight-joint (a.) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge..

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints..

Billboard :: Billboard (n.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on..

Plank :: Plank (n.) Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer..

Planching :: Planching (n.) The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks..

Channel :: Channel (n.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks..

Planch :: Planch (n.) A plank.

Seesaw :: Seesaw (n.) A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down..

Plancher :: Plancher (n.) A floor of wood; also, a plank..

Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.

Wair :: Wair (n.) A piece of plank two yard/ long and a foot broad.

Quickwork :: Quickwork (n.) All the submerged section of a vessel's planking.

Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc..

Wringstaff :: Wringstaff (n.) A strong piece of plank used in applying wringbolts.

Syphilide :: Syphering (n.) The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead..

Paddlewood :: Paddlewood (n.) The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks..

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