Plank

Definition of Plank

n.1.A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.
2.Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.
- Southey.
3.One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.
Plank road
a road surface formed of planks.
To walk the plank
to walk along a plank laid across the bulwark of a ship, until one overbalances it and falls into the sea; - a method of disposing of captives practiced by pirates.
v. t.1.To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.
[imp. & p. p. Planked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Planking.]
2.To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
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.

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