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Definition of Planking
1. Noun. Planks collectively; a quantity of planks.
2. Noun. (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship).
3. Noun. The work of covering an area with planks.
Definition of Planking
1. 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.
Definition of Planking
1. Noun. A series of planks; a group of planks. ¹
2. Noun. The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of plank) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Planking
1. covering made of planks [n -S]
Medical Definition of Planking
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. The act of splicing slivers. See Plank. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Planking
Literary usage of Planking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Naval Architecture: A Manual on Laying-off Iron, Steel and Composite Vessels by Thomas Henry Watson (1898)
"Shell Plating —Connection of Keel—Finish of planking and Ph:ir. the Stern—Stern
Post of a Cruiser—Stem of a Cruiser—Shaft Brack::. or Struts—Method of ..."
2. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1890)
"If, as has been suggested, the planking is to be deemed a part of the new highway,
the railroad company cannot be required to construct and maintain it over ..."
3. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law by Edmund Story-Maskelyne (1872)
"The first claim in the specification was "for the combination of an iron frame,
with an external covering of timber planking for the sides, ..."
4. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"These caps answer as longitudinal fenders and projecting 3 inches above the
planking also as a curb or backing block. Mooring piles of oak are driven just ..."
5. The Elements of Wood Ship Construction by William Henry Curtis, 1884-, William Henry Curtis (1919)
"While both of these arrangements are quite old, the use of diagonal planking did
not until quite recently come into favor. Both systems are applied directly ..."
6. A Treatise on Engineering Construction: Embracing Discussions of the by J. E. Shields (1877)
"ON planking. Where a large bearing surface is required planking may be resorted
to, provided the timber can be kept from decay. If the ground be wet there ..."
7. The Building of a Wooden Ship by Charles Gerard Davis, Thomas William Clarke, Frank Steel Drown (1918)
"STEEL STRAPPING The entire outside of the ship's frame, wherever the lines are
not fair and the planking would not bed properly, is dubbed off with an adz ..."
8. Naval Architecture: A Manual on Laying-off Iron, Steel and Composite Vessels by Thomas Henry Watson (1898)
"Shell Plating —Connection of Keel—Finish of planking and Ph:ir. the Stern—Stern
Post of a Cruiser—Stem of a Cruiser—Shaft Brack::. or Struts—Method of ..."
9. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1890)
"If, as has been suggested, the planking is to be deemed a part of the new highway,
the railroad company cannot be required to construct and maintain it over ..."
10. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law by Edmund Story-Maskelyne (1872)
"The first claim in the specification was "for the combination of an iron frame,
with an external covering of timber planking for the sides, ..."
11. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"These caps answer as longitudinal fenders and projecting 3 inches above the
planking also as a curb or backing block. Mooring piles of oak are driven just ..."
12. The Elements of Wood Ship Construction by William Henry Curtis, 1884-, William Henry Curtis (1919)
"While both of these arrangements are quite old, the use of diagonal planking did
not until quite recently come into favor. Both systems are applied directly ..."
13. A Treatise on Engineering Construction: Embracing Discussions of the by J. E. Shields (1877)
"ON planking. Where a large bearing surface is required planking may be resorted
to, provided the timber can be kept from decay. If the ground be wet there ..."
14. The Building of a Wooden Ship by Charles Gerard Davis, Thomas William Clarke, Frank Steel Drown (1918)
"STEEL STRAPPING The entire outside of the ship's frame, wherever the lines are
not fair and the planking would not bed properly, is dubbed off with an adz ..."
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