Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To plank; make of or cover with planks or boards. Also
plancher . - noun A plank.
- noun In enameling, a slab of fire-brick or baked fire-clay used to support the work while it is baked in the oven.
- noun A flat iron shoe for a mule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank.
- noun obsolete A plank.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To make or cover with
planks orboards .
Etymologies
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From Middle French planche a board, plank. See plank.
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Examples
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They were accompanied by green salad and three slabs of potato cooked on a planch), a brown bread roll, which comes freshly toasted, and the salad with prosciutto.
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xiaolongnu commented on the word planch
The Canadian folk-rock group Great Big Sea has a song called "Lukey's Boat" which has the lyric "Lukey's boat's got high-top sails, and she was planched with copper nails."
March 9, 2010