| Planking 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plank. 2. (n.) The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel. 3. (n.) The act of splicing slivers. See Plank. Thesaurus Entries 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 | ![]() |