planking

noun

plank·​ing ˈplaŋ-kiŋ How to pronounce planking (audio)
1
: the act or process of covering or fitting with planks
2
: a quantity of planks

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In another instance, the museum spotlights a story about an unplanned sinking of the Orca, when a production boat that was pulling the onscreen boat went too fast and yanked out the Orca’s planking. Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025 Wreck 5 was built using a method known as caravel planking, where planks are placed end to end without overlapping, archaeologist and project leader Håkan Altrock said in the release. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025 Yong Chin Son fell 18 feet through a hole that had been covered by loose planking while removing asbestos on the 11th story of the old Brooklyn House of Detention at 275 Atlantic Ave. Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2024 Jones and a team of six would then spend three years reassembling the ship in situ, by fastening the timbers onto the cradle, probably in the same order as the original builders, starting with the keel, adding the planking and then the frames. William Booth, Washington Post, 11 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for planking

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of planking was in the 15th century

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“Planking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planking. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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