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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Planking

· Plank·ing · IPA /plˈæŋkɪŋ/
01 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.
  1. 1.
    The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel.
  2. 2.
    The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4. See: Plank