Duckboard

Quick meaning: Duckboard is a noun meaning One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.

Meaning

One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.

More Meanings

1. 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.
2. 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.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• duckboards

Synonyms for duckboard

Depending on context, synonyms include puncheon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include boord, puncheon, handboard, knifeboard, bord, mudboat.

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