planking
  鋪板;蓋板;厚板;板類
  Plank v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planked p. pr. & vb. n. Planking.]
  1. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. “Planked with pine.”
  2. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.]
  3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
  4. 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.
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  Plank·ing, n.
  1. The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel.
  2. The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4.
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  planking
       n 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