plankingn.

Brit.

/ˈplaŋkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈplæŋkɪŋ/

Forms: see plank n. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plank n., -ing suffix¹; plank v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < plank n. + -ing suffix¹, and partly < plank v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. Planks collectively; the planks of a structure; plank-work. Also: a layer or surface made of planks, spec. one forming the outer shell or inner lining of a ship's hull.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking

planking1432

skin1769

skinning1845

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > board or plank > collectively

swale1325

plancher1408

planking1432

sawboard1495

planchery1519

plank1559

planchingc1600

deala1618

1432 in J. C. Tingey Rec. City of Norwich (1910) II. 390 (MED) The seyd kaye xal halden in brede in the ground upon the plankyng v quarters be the kyngs standard.

1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata xlviii. §526 A mason climing..to the rafters, rearings or plankings of a house, buildeth..the walls.

1656 in J. Phillips Sportive Wit ii. 18 The Prince an hundred pound hath sent To mend the leads and plankings rent Within this living tombe.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Contabulation, a boarding or planking, a Floor, a Timber-Frame.

1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 29 The Carpenters were at Work on the Grating and Planking for the Caisson.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. iii. 47 The roof..had nothing to divide the apartment from the sky excepting the planking and thatch.

1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. ii. 37 The planking of the paddle-boxes had been torn sheer away.

1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey ix. 266 The promenaders..paced back and forth upon the planking.

1904 A. Griffiths Fifty Years Public Service iii. 28 There was little enough comfort for us subalterns—a few feet of planking on the orlop deck.

1952 B. Harwin Home is Upriver xviii. 178 He heard the dull thunk of wood against wood and felt the planking jar over his head.

1991 Constr. News 26 Sept. 2/3 King, prosecuting, told the court that planking on an overhead walkway has been cut from the usual 8 m length to less than 3 m.

†b. A timber casing serving to insulate a boiler, cylinder, etc. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > transmission of heat > [noun] > failure to conduct > substance causing > material

planking1875

insulite1882

Micarta1912

loose-fill1950

insulation1969

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1732/1 Planking,..the lagging or clothing of a steam-cylinder. Cleading.

2. The action of providing or covering something with planks.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > flooring

planchering1411

planking?a1450

sollaring1545

flooring1632

planching1706

floor-laying1884

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > planking or boarding

planking?a1450

boarding1552

?a1450 in W. G. Benham Oath Bk. Colchester (1907) 2 Ye schall enquere..of all pourprestures made upon land or watyr, or reylyng up of dowles, streityng of the Kyng's hieth way, pitchyng or plankyng in the comon or in the comen way, to the noyance of the Kyngs people.

1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 155 Laboryng & workyng abought Cowchyng plankyng & laying of the seid grete Rokes Stone & Gravell.

1644 Accts. Tulliallan Coal Wks. (Edinb. Reg. House) f. 6 For careing of the 280 boll salt to Kincairne at 12 d. ilk boll inde £14. Item for backing and plancking of it at 32 d. the scoir inde £1. 17. 4.

1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 70 Manger, Rack and planking of a Stable is eight shillings per foot in length.

1727 R. Bradley Houghton's Coll. for Improvem. Husbandry & Trade III. 189 In planking of a ship with foreign plank, the builder shall not be driven to put in above three or four pieces.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine 216 Planking, the act of covering and lining the sides of a ship with an assemblage of oak planks.

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 138 Planking, covering the outside of the timbers with plank; sometimes quaintly called ‘skinning’.

1887 H. W. Daly Digging, Squatting, & Pioneering Life S. Austral. 110 Port Darwin possessed no suitable wood for planking purposes.

1984 J. Seymour Forgotten Arts (1985) 112/2 When the planking was completed, Reiner had the laborious job of caulking to do.

1990 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 25 Feb. ii. 1/4 The hull was lapstraked—a method of planking in which each plank overlaps the next by a short distance.

†3. The action of levelling land by drawing a plank across it. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > harrowing

occation?1440

tining1766

tine1776

planking1814

bush-harrowing1834

hurdling1897

1814 M. Birkbeck Notes Journey through France 59 They then sow annual trefoil, which they cover very slightly by planking, that is, drawing a plank, on which a boy rides, over the land.

4. Originally and chiefly North American. The process of cooking fish, meat, etc., on a board over an open fire.

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1837 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 32 137 Decidedly the best mode of cooking is that called ‘planking’, which consists of nailing the fish to a clean oaken plank, previously heated, and setting it before a brisk fire. By this method the juices of the fish are all preserved.

1883 Cent. Mag. Aug. 549/2 Cleaning the shad for planking.

1901 Denton (Maryland) Jrnl. 6 Apr. To prepare a shad for planking split it open, wipe it dry, and if possible remove the backbone.

1966 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 29 June 19/8 Fat fish—such as salmon or shad—are best for baking, broiling and planking.

2004 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 June t1 Planking..involves nailing the fish to thick oak boards coated with shortening, propping those boards on racks around a bonfire of logs.., continually basting with the secret sauce..and waiting for five hours in the middle of the night until the smoke has thoroughly roasted hundreds of pounds of shad.

5. Hat-making. The action of shaping and hardening a hat on a plank.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > hat-making > processes involved in

ruffing1830

basoning1837

bowing1842

blocking1845

planking1845

proof1901

pelt-shaking1902

1845 G. Dodd Brit. Manuf. 5th Ser. 163 At each plank a workman operates on a conical cap, until the process of felting or ‘planking’ is completed.

1855 J. Booker Hist. Denton Chapel (Chetham Soc. No. 37) 11 For bowing, basining, boiling and planking [of hat-bodies], he received in 1805, eight shillings per dozen.

1885 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) 262 Planking,..the felting of hat bodies by rolling them on a plank, and frequently immersing them in acidulated water.

1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Feb. 378/1 In hand-planking the ‘form’ is dipped in boiling water acidulated with vitriol, and then folded and vigorously kneaded by the planker's hand.

Compounds

planking clamp n. Shipbuilding a clamp used to bend and hold planks against the ribs of a ship.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > tools and equipment

ram-line1664

set1794

poker1823

horning-tackle1850

planking clamp1862

stower1863

planking-screw1864

ram1867

bending slab1890

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1862 Let. 28 Apr. in Official Rec. Union & Confederate Navies in War of Rebellion (1904) 1st Ser. 18 169 One [shot hole] on starboard quarter, cutting away planking clamps, entering and breaking up poop cabins.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Planking-clamp,..an implement for bending a strake against the ribs of a vessel and holding it until secured by bolts or treenails.

1982 P. Clissold Layton's Dict. Naut. Words (rev. ed.) 255 Planking clamp, implement for bending a plank to rib of a wooden vessel, and holding it in place until fastened.

planking machine n. Hat-making a machine used to harden hats by rubbing and steaming.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > hat-making > equipment > other

foot stock1565

stamper1688

wool-bow1688

bason1728

stall-board1745

satin wire1834

hurdle1837

planking machine1875

1867 Sci. Amer. 13 July 27/3 We claim, in hat-planking machines, the arrangement of three or more endless belts or aprons of lags, made to travel with their contiguous faces or surfaces in opposite directions.]

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1732/2 Planking-machine, a machine in which hat-bodies, after being formed, are rubbed, pressed, and steamed to give them strength and body.

1997 Press Assoc. (Nexis) 25 Dec. The process of making hats has hardly changed at all over the decades and the settling, planking and fur forming machines can all be seen on display.

† planking-screw n. Shipbuilding Obsolete = planking clamp n.

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