† plankwaysadv.
Obsolete. rare.
Lengthways along a piece of wood; along rather than across the grain of a piece of wood.
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a1828 T. Bewick Mem. (1975) xxiii. 192 These blocks, I suppose must, from their size, have been cut the plank way on beech or some other kind of close grained wood.]
1881 P. N. Hasluck Lathe Work 35 For turning the surface of wood chucked plankways the same tools are used.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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