Definition of Plankings

1. planking [n] - See also: planking

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plankings

planispheric
planithorax
planitia
planitias
plank
plank-bed
plank-sheer
plank-sheers
plank down
plank over
plank spanker
plankboard
plankboards
planked
planking
plankings (current term)
plankless
planklike
planks
plankter
plankters
planktic
planktivore
planktivores
planktivorous
planktological
planktologist
planktologists
planktology
plankton

Literary usage of Plankings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1873)
"It was ingeniously contended that the plankings or gangways, by means of which ... But the Lord Ordinary has come to the conclusion that these plankings, ..."

2. Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (1902)
"of thin plankings; that is, two-inch and one-inch matched plankings, and to have them kiln dried. The panellings in a small mill were made of two-inch plank ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"... filled with a mixture of pitch, tar, and sawdust, so that if the outer plankings were shaved away the vessel would still remain nearly water-tight. ..."

4. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1873)
"It was ingeniously contended that the plankings or gangways, by means of which ... But the Lord Ordinary has come to the conclusion that these plankings, ..."

5. Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (1902)
"of thin plankings; that is, two-inch and one-inch matched plankings, and to have them kiln dried. The panellings in a small mill were made of two-inch plank ..."

6. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1893)
"... filled with a mixture of pitch, tar, and sawdust, so that if the outer plankings were shaved away the vessel would still remain nearly water-tight. ..."

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