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Noun: planking  plang-king
  1. Planks collectively; a quantity of planks
     
  2. (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship)
     
  3. The work of covering an area with planks
Verb: plank  plangk
  1. Cover with planks
    "The streets were planked";
    - plank over
     
  2. [informal] Set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
    "He planked the money on the table";
    - flump [informal], plonk [informal], plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump, slap
     
  3. Cook and serve on a plank
    "Planked vegetable"; "Planked shad"

Derived forms: plankings

Type of: cover, covering, dish, dish out, dish up, lumber, manual labor [US], manual labour [Brit, Cdn], place down, put down, serve, serve up, set down, timber

Encyclopedia: Planking

Plank, Kentucky