PLANK

vt to harden, as hat bodies, by felting.

2. plank ·vt to cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.

3. plank ·noun fig.: that which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.

4. plank ·vt to splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.

5. plank ·vt to lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.

6. plank ·noun a broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. ·see board.

7. plank ·noun one of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.