Plank /(?)/

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.
  3. One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform. [Cant]

Phrases & Compounds
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.

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.
  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.]
  3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
  4. To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. (Wooden Manuf.)

Phrases & Compounds
Planked shad
shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire.