duckboard

[ duhk-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

1. a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.

duckboard

/ ˈdʌkˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a board or boards laid so as to form a floor or path over wet or muddy ground

Word History and Origins

Origin of duckboard¹

First recorded in 1915–20; duck ¹ + board

Example Sentences

I stamped on the duckboard and kicked the sides of the trench and jerked my rifle up and down just to keep myself awake.

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It was about a mile from the line down a "beautiful" duckboard track.

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Shell-holes and trenches everywhere filled with water till choice of movement was confined to a few duckboard tracks.

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At some 'posts' there was nothing better to sit on than the muddy 'fire-step' or at best half a duckboard or an old bomb box.

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As we were coming down the duckboard track after being relieved Jerry started to put over a barrage.

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