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Shole :: Shole (n.) A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like..

Skin :: Skin (n.) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing..

Plank :: Plank (n.) One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform..

Madrier :: Madrier (n.) A plank to receive the mouth of a petard, with which it is applied to anything intended to be broken down..

Slab :: Slab (n.) An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc..

Plank :: Plank (n.) Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer..

Madrier :: Madrier (n.) A thick plank, used for several mechanical purposes.

Brattice :: Brattice (n.) Planking to support a roof or wall.

String :: String (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it..

Sawyer :: Sawyer (n.) One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer..

Hood :: Hood (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.

Sledge :: Sledge (n.) A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled..

Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting..

Planking :: Planking (n.) The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4..

Lagging :: Lagging (n.) Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches..

Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing..

Wale :: Wale (n.) Certain sets or strakes of the outside planking of a vessel; as, the main wales, or the strakes of planking under the port sills of the gun deck; channel wales, or those along the spar deck, etc..

Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc..

Quickwork :: Quickwork (n.) All the submerged section of a vessel's planking.

Garboard :: Garboard (n.) One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a garboard strake..

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