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.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Planked shad, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Shipbuilding) The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame. [ 1913 Webster ]