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duckboard|ˈdʌkbɔəd|
[f. duck n.1 + board n.]
Usually pl. In the war of 1914–18, a slatted timber path laid down on wet or muddy ground in the trenches or in camps; also in wider use (spec. see quot. 1940). Also attrib. Hence ˈduck-boarded a., furnished with duckboards.
1917War Illustr. 17 Mar. 109 Walking wounded are helped along the duck-boards that flank the light railways. Ibid. 14 July 467 They..flung duck-board bridges over the Douve river. 1920G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks Lt. Infty. 31 For four miles the path lay along a single duckboard track, capsized or slanting in many places. Ibid. 72 The day was spent in..rebuilding dug-outs or laying fresh duckboards (wooden slats to walk on in the trenches). Ibid. 73 A duck-boarded communication trench. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words, Duckboard glide, a common term for after-dark movements along the trenches, when secrecy and quietness was essential... Duckboard harrier, a despatch ‘runner’ or messenger, whose duty took him along the duckboards in the trenches. 1926Glasgow Herald 9 Jan. 9 Certain underground stations are feeling the effects of the flood, particularly that of Mirabeau, where duck⁓boards have been laid upon the platform. 1932E. Bowen To North xix. 196 Lady Waters, in grey knitted wool, standing out on a duckboard. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 270/2 Duck board, a board which has slats nailed across it at intervals and is used as steps in repair works on roofs. |