"duckboard" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Translations (plank or board laid lengthwise as path across wet ground): pitkospuu (Finnish), Holzsteg [masculine] (German), Steg [masculine] (German), tahta patika (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-duckboard-en-noun-qSNK-7Je Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 33 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 26 35 39 Disambiguation of 'plank or board laid lengthwise as path across wet ground': 48 35 17
  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. Categories (topical): Timber industry Synonyms: bog board, bog bridge, puncheon Coordinate_terms (thoroughfare paved with wood): boardwalk, plank road, corduroy road
    Sense id: en-duckboard-en-noun-n1zfzstq Disambiguation of Timber industry: 15 58 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 33 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 26 35 39 Disambiguation of 'thoroughfare paved with wood': 17 46 37
  3. A panel of wooden slats typically laid on a concrete floor in a workshop, to reduce fatigue for a person operating a machine tool or working at a bench.
    Sense id: en-duckboard-en-noun-GAO0NKVT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 25 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 30 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 30 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 28 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 33 40 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 32 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 26 35 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: duckboard bridge

Inflected forms

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