Hypertext Webster Gateway: "planked"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plank \Plank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Planking}.]
1. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a
ship. ``Planked with pine.'' --Dryden.
2. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash;
as, to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.]
3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of
wool, for subsequent drawing.
{Planked shad}, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and
roasted before a wood fire.
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