duckboardn.

Brit.

/ˈdʌkbɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈdəkˌbɔrd/

Etymology: < duck n.¹ + board n.

Usually plural. In the war of 1914–18, a slatted timber path laid down on wet or muddy ground in the trenches or in camps; also in wider use (spec. see quot. 1940). Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [noun] > with specific surface

cinder-path1838

cinder track1887

dirt track1902

duck-walk1915

duckboard1917

1917 War Illustr. 17 Mar. 109 Walking wounded are helped along the duck-boards that flank the light railways.

1917 War Illustr. 14 July 467 They..flung duck-board bridges over the Douve river.

1920 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 31 For four miles the path lay along a single duckboard track, capsized or slanting in many places.

1920 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 72 The day was spent in..rebuilding dug-outs or laying fresh duckboards (wooden slats to walk on in the trenches).

1926 Glasgow Herald 9 Jan. 9 Certain underground stations are feeling the effects of the flood, particularly that of Mirabeau, where duck~boards have been laid upon the platform.

1932 E. Bowen To North xix. 196 Lady Waters, in grey knitted wool, standing out on a duckboard.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 270/2 Duck board, a board which has slats nailed across it at intervals and is used as steps in repair works on roofs.

Derivatives

ˈduck-boarded adj. furnished with duckboards.

ΚΠ

1920 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 73 A duck-boarded communication trench.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words Duckboard glide, a common term for after-dark movements along the trenches, when secrecy and quietness was essential... Duckboard harrier, a despatch ‘runner’ or messenger, whose duty took him along the duckboards in the trenches.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	duckboard
释义	duckboardn. Brit. /ˈdʌkbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈdəkˌbɔrd/ Etymology: < duck n.¹ + board n. Usually plural. In the war of 1914–18, a slatted timber path laid down on wet or muddy ground in the trenches or in camps; also in wider use (spec. see quot. 1940). Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [noun] > with specific surface cinder-path1838 cinder track1887 dirt track1902 duck-walk1915 duckboard1917 1917 War Illustr. 17 Mar. 109 Walking wounded are helped along the duck-boards that flank the light railways. 1917 War Illustr. 14 July 467 They..flung duck-board bridges over the Douve river. 1920 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 31 For four miles the path lay along a single duckboard track, capsized or slanting in many places. 1920 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 72 The day was spent in..rebuilding dug-outs or laying fresh duckboards (wooden slats to walk on in the trenches). 1926 Glasgow Herald 9 Jan. 9 Certain underground stations are feeling the effects of the flood, particularly that of Mirabeau, where duck~boards have been laid upon the platform. 1932 E. Bowen To North xix. 196 Lady Waters, in grey knitted wool, standing out on a duckboard. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 270/2 Duck board, a board which has slats nailed across it at intervals and is used as steps in repair works on roofs. Derivatives ˈduck-boarded adj. furnished with duckboards. ΚΠ 1920 G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Light Infantry 73 A duck-boarded communication trench. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words Duckboard glide, a common term for after-dark movements along the trenches, when secrecy and quietness was essential... Duckboard harrier, a despatch ‘runner’ or messenger, whose duty took him along the duckboards in the trenches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1917
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