'Planking' definitions:
Definition of 'planking'
(from WordNet)
noun
Planks collectively; a quantity of planks
noun
(nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship)
noun
The work of covering an area with planks
Definition of 'Planking'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Planking'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. [1913 Webster]
- Planked shad, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'planking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bank,
- beam,
- billet,
- board,
- boarding,
- border,
- broadside,
- cheek,
- chop,
- clapboard,
- coast,
- cord,
- cordwood,
- deal,
- driftwood,
- firewood,
- flank,
- hand,
- handedness,
- hardwood,
- haunch,
- hip,
- jowl,
- laterality,
- lath,
- lathing,
- lathwork,
- log,
- lumber,
- many-sidedness,
- multilaterality,
- panelboard,
- paneling,
- panelwork,
- plank,
- plyboard,
- plywood,
- pole,
- post,
- profile,
- puncheon,
- quarter,
- shake,
- sheathing,
- sheathing board,
- sheeting,
- shingle,
- shore,
- side,
- sideboard,
- siding,
- slab,
- slat,
- softwood,
- splat,
- stave,
- stick,
- stick of wood,
- stovewood,
- temple,
- three-by-four,
- timber,
- timbering,
- timberwork,
- two-by-four,
- unilaterality,
- weatherboard,
- wood