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noun
1.
a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
2.
lumber in such pieces; planking.
3.
something to stand on or to cling to for support.
4.
any one of the stated principles or objectives comprising the political platform of a party campaigning for election: They fought for a plank supporting a nuclear freeze.
verb (used with object)
5.
to lay, cover, or furnish with planks.
6.
to bake or broil and serve (steak, fish, chicken, etc.) on a wooden board.
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plunk (def. 2).
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Planked
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walk the plank,
a.
to be forced, as by pirates, to walk to one's death by stepping off a plank extending from the ship's side over the water.
b.
to relinquish something, as a position, office, etc., under compulsion: We suspect that the new vice-president walked the plank because of a personality clash.
Related forms
plank·less, adjective
plank·like, adjective
un·planked, adjective
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Word Origin & History
plank
1206, from O.N.Fr. planke (O.Fr. planche) "plank, slab, little wooden bridge," from L.L. planca "broad slab, board," related to phalanga "pole to carry burdens," from Gk. phalange (see phalanx). Technically, timber sawed to measure 2 to 6 inches thick, 9 inches or more wide,
EXPANDand 8 feet or more long. Political sense of "item of a party platform" is U.S. coinage from 1848. To walk the plank, supposedly a pirate punishment, is first attested 1822 in Scott.
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