plank
plank (plăngk) noun
1. a. A piece of lumber cut thicker than a board. b. Such pieces of lumber considered as a group; planking.
2. A foundation; a support.
3. One of the articles of a political platform: "Planks had been published by the subcommittees on farm policy, on education, on national defense" (Theodore H. White).
verb, transitive
planked, planking, planks
1. To furnish or cover with planks: plank a muddy pathway.
2. To bake or broil and serve (fish or meat) on a plank: "Boards specially made for planking food have grooves . . . to hold juices" (Springfield MA Daily News).
3. To put or set down emphatically or with force.
[Middle English, from Old North French planke, from Late Latin planca, from plancus, flat.]