"duckboard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: duckboards [plural]
Etymology: Possibly a metaphorical use of a name for a board connecting a duck hutch to a yard. Head templates: {{en-noun}} duckboard (plural duckboards)
  1. One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.
    Sense id: en-duckboard-en-noun-qSNK-7Je Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 31 32
  2. 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; also called bog board, bog bridge, or puncheon. Categories (topical): Timber industry Coordinate_terms (thoroughfare paved with wood): boardwalk, plank road, corduroy road
    Sense id: en-duckboard-en-noun-hDIanVVs Disambiguation of Timber industry: 20 49 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 31 32 Disambiguation of 'thoroughfare paved with wood': 17 51 32
  3. A panel of wooden slats typically lain on a concrete floor in a workshop. Compliance of slats arranged in two crossed layers reduces fatigue for a person operating a machine tool or working at a bench.
    Sense id: en-duckboard-en-noun-czWlO-dg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 31 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (plank or board laid lengthwise as path across wet ground): pitkospuu (Finnish), Holzsteg [masculine] (German), Steg [masculine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'plank or board laid lengthwise as path across wet ground': 50 42 8

Inflected forms

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