duckboard
nounEtymology Possibly a metaphorical use of a name for a board connecting a duck hutch to a yard.
1
One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.
- In an attempt to alleviate the problem, wooden planking, known as duckboards, was placed at the bottom of trenches and across other areas of muddy or waterlogged ground.
2
Wooden, low walkway or short part of a path with one or more planks, logs, or boards laid after each other lengthwise, often two planks wide.
3
A panel of wooden slats typically laid on a concrete floor in a workshop, to reduce fatigue for a person operating a machine tool or working at a bench.
- Derived terms
- duckboard bridge
- Coordinate terms
- boardwalk, plank road, corduroy road