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Keywords: wooden, strakes, shipbuilding, fuselage, broiling

The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel.

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The middle layer of wood making up the lock floor.

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(nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship)

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the work of covering an area with planks

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A series of planks, or strakes, used to form the outer skin of the vessel. In shipbuilding terms, a plank is any wooden element from one and a half to four inches in thickness.

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Sheet-wood covering accomplished by glueing thin flat wood strips side by side on a fuselage.

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The wood or rubber matting on rail/highway crossings.

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a style of baking or broiling meat or fish on a piece of hard wood. Plank also describes a wooden carving or serving platter with grooves that keep juices from spilling; used for serving roasts.

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wood boards that cover the frames outside the hull.

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Keywords: slivers, splicing, act, see

The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4.

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Keywords: quantity, collectively

planks collectively; a quantity of planks

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