What is another word for duckboards?

Pronunciation: [dˈʌkbɔːdz] (IPA)

Duckboards are wooden planks used to pave outdoor areas. They are usually installed in muddy or damp areas to provide a safe and stable walking surface. Duckboards can also serve as part of a shipping crate, especially for delicate goods that need to be kept dry or elevated from the ground. Synonyms for duckboards include boardwalks, footbridges, gangplanks, pallets, or decking. While boardwalks and footbridges are often permanent structures used in parks or scenic areas, gangplanks are more commonly temporary structures used to board boats or ships. Pallets and decking, on the other hand, refer to the elevated and often modular flooring used in warehouses and outdoor spaces.

What are the hypernyms for Duckboards?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Duckboards

A hand lying on the duckboards; a Boche and a Highlander locked in a deadly embrace at the edge of Highwood; the "Cough-drop" with the stench coming from its watery bottom; the shell-holes with the shapes of bodies faintly showing through the putrid water-all these things made one think terribly of what human beings had been through, and were going through a bit further on, and would be going through for perhaps years more-who knew how many?
"An Onlooker in France 1917-1919"
William Orpen
The people who write poems about the divine frenzy of going over the top are usually those who dipped their pens a long, long way from the slimy duckboards of the trenches.
"The Haunted Bookshop"
Christopher Morley
Once in the village of Beaumont, we followed the winding duckboards and were led by small signs painted on wood to the colonel's headquarters.
""And they thought we wouldn't fight""
Floyd Gibbons

Famous quotes with Duckboards

  • How many times had he stood calmly back there on the duckboards and listened to respectable-looking people talk about raping the hotel penguins?
    Hunter S. Thompson

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