What is "duckboard"

Usage examples of "duckboard".

Clusters of frosted spheres that were men in cryosuits strolled along the duckboard walks like snowmen come to life.

As Pauli and Alex plodded their way along the duckboards which made a slatted floor for the deep trench, both were thinking of Brand.

Burdened as he was with bombs and machine pistol, his weight took him right through the damp duckboards that formed the floor of the trench.

It was a simple matter to lay them like duckboards across the basement.

Even though she stayed on the duckboards as much as possible, she would have to clean the shoes when she got home, no matter how tired she felt.

Helmets, rifles and all other articles of steel or iron were being placed on the parapet side of the duckboards which floored the trench.

In a corner, the duckboards were littered with goggles, eye-shields and gas-masks.

He stared in disbelief at the twisted duckboards, the fractured asphalt beneath his feet.

Then, winded from the convulsive back-thrust that had sent him there, he was stretched full length on the duckboards again.

It was not good to watch a friend die: Turner looked away, stared down at the ice-covered duckboards between his feet, his head sunk between hunched shoulders.

He lay cold, and decidedly uncomfortable, on the duckboards under the tarp.

Biggs held the flap of the tent open, and then lit his way along the duckboards through the orchard towards the mess.

Pray for it, my boy, Andrew answered, and, hampered by their clothing, they waddled down the duckboards, to where the Sopwiths stood at the edge of the trees.

The major has been asking for you, best hurry, sir, and then, as Michael started along the duckboards towards the mess, he called after him, How is she flying, sir?

The pilots of the squadron were scattered in dark groups of threes and fours amongst the trees at the edge of the orchard, talking softly and smoking the last cigarettes before take-off, when Michael came clumping down the duckboards, still buttoning his greatcoat and pulling on his flying gauntlets.