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

Underfoot, some trench interiors were floored with wooden walkways called duckboards.

From Literature

The singers in this production are often walking across duckboards, like the ones in the trenches of Flanders.

From New York Times

BOHDANIVKA, Ukraine — The trenches, the dugouts, the duckboards, the wood-burning stoves, the cold and mud seem to hark back to the First World War.

From Washington Post

I learned that a tarn is a pond, a gill is a stream, and duckboards are slats across boggy ground.

From Washington Post

Another shed contains a thunderstorm, with lightning flashes, dark rumbles and water falling on the sodden duckboards at your feet.

From The Guardian