Crossword clues for planking
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Plank \Plank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planked; p. pr. & vb. n. Planking.]
To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. ``Planked with pine.''
--Dryden.To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.]
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
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(Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
Planked shad, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire.
Planking \Plank"ing\, 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.
The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A series of planks; a group of planks. 2 The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act. vb. (present participle of plank English)
WordNet
n. planks collectively; a quantity of planks
(nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship)
the work of covering an area with planks
Wikipedia
Planking may refer to:
- Plank (exercise), an exercise involving holding a position
- Planking (fad), also known as the "Lying down game", which involves lying face down with arms to the sides in unusual public spaces
- a type of flooring, made from planks
- a wood plank surface (such as a floor, or wall, or roof)
- the practice of plank cooking, also called planking
Planking (or the Lying Down Game) is an activity consisting of lying face down—sometimes in an unusual or incongruous location. Both hands must touch the sides of the body. Some players compete to find the most unusual and original location in which to play. The term planking refers to mimicking a wooden plank. Planking can include lying flat on a flat surface, or holding the body flat while it is supported in only some regions, with other parts of the body suspended. Many participants in planking have photographed the activity in unusual locations and have shared such pictures through social media.
Eminem references planking in his single " Rap God" after the practice gained popularity and eventually notoriety from late 2010 to early 2011 in Australia.
Usage examples of "planking".
Even so, one of the mares had panicked and kicked a hole in the planking not far above the water line and the entire crew, mac Calma included, had been called to put their backs into baling to keep the merchantman afloat for the last leagues of the journey.
It was home-made, of course, but running my hand curiously over the rough, sun-worn surface of the wood, I found each morticed joint as tight as any boatyard could have made them, the planking copper-fastened and neatly stopped below the paint.
The casing of the walls on the outside is usually thick elm planking either lacquered or unpainted, and that of the inside is of thin, finely-planed and bevelled planking of the beautiful wood of the Retinospora obtusa.
With a troubled frown, he stared down at the planking beneath his feet, shrugging off an answer.
The Terrace itself was densely thronged, and there was a constant coming and going of the promenaders, who each formally paced back and forth upon the planking for a certain time, and then went quietly home, giving place to the new arrivals.
Each lurch or bounce sent a stabbing pain through his leg, and his head thrumped on the bare wood planking of the coffin.
He laid his biwa on the planking beside him, and, assuming the attitude of meditation, remained quite still,-- taking care not to cough, or to breathe audibly.
I confess I was never a churchgoing man myself, sir, to my regret, but my pa always contended that a bucketful of prayer never hurt no one and my dear ma, God bless her dear soul, fair wore out her knees on the church planking.
Reames, with Leon Brown and Helminh Bentz, working often armpit-deep in sea water and by emergency lighting, built a cofferdam of two-by-six planking placed vertically a foot or so from the skin of the ship.
It showed fragmentarily the stout ribs and planking in the hollow, empty part of the lighter.
Lieutenant Priddie, second-in-command of the lower gundeck, lay face down, his back pierced with long splinters which had been blasted from the planking.
Where Manley had built his hayrack she had yesterday discovered some ends of planking hidden away in the rank, ripened weeds and grass.
Conan turned his gaze up the road to where the last of their party was crossing the broken causeway, via an unsteady ropeway floored with charred planking salvaged from the castle.
The floor upon which she knelt was of highly polished zebrawood, the planking chosen and laid in such a way as to create large zigzag patterns.
On the other hand, I have discovered the secret passage of the Communists, the planking of which is falling to pieces in parts, and also the trap-door through which Raoul and the Persian penetrated into the cellars of the opera-house.