planking

Speech parts

1. planking - Noun

2. planking - Verb

Meaning

of Plank

The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel.

The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4.

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All boats suffered from some sort of structural failure (forward chine guards ripped away, bottom framing under bows broken, side planking cracked (indicating lack of longitudinal strength), and other weaknesses). Source: Internet

During the early stages of excavation of the wreck, it was believed that the ship had originally been built with clinker (or clench) planking, a technique where the hull consisted of overlapping planks that bore the structural strength of the ship. Source: Internet

Hollis (1900), p. 188. Marblehead and blockade Bainbridge determined that Constitution required new spar deck planking and beams, masts, sails, and rigging, and replacement of her copper bottom. Source: Internet

In Northern Europe the technique of building ships with clinker planking made it difficult to cut ports in the hull; clinker-built (or clench-built) ships had much of their structural strength in the outer hull. Source: Internet

Later examination indicates that the clinker planking is not present throughout the ship; only the outer structure of the sterncastle is built with overlapping planking, though not with a true clinker technique. Source: Internet

Support for deep trenches is required in the shape of planking, strutting or shoring. Source: Internet

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