Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

duckboard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: duck-board
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground.

noun

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.

noun

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.

verb

To cover with duckboards.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"In an attempt to alleviate the problem, wooden planking, known as duckboards, was placed at the bottom of trenches and across other areas of muddy or waterlogged ground."

Etymology

Possibly a metaphorical use of a name for a board connecting a duck hutch to a yard.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

duckboards (plural) duckboards (present, singular) duckboarding (participle, present) duckboarded (participle, past) duckboarded (past)

Phrases

duckboard bridge

Frequently Paired Words

boardwalk plank road corduroy road

Synonyms

bog board bog bridge puncheon

Questions

What does duckboard mean?: Any of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground.
Where does duckboard come from?: Possibly a metaphorical use of a name for a board connecting a duck hutch to a yard.

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