On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Planking. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as lumber or timber and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Planking meaning
- A series of planks; a group of planks.
- The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.
Using Planking
- The main meaning on this page is: A series of planks; a group of planks. | The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.
- Useful related words include: lumber, timber, covering, manual labor.
- In the example corpus, planking often appears in combinations such as: clinker planking, planking and, bottom planking.
Context around Planking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Planking
- In this selection, "planking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, clinker, bottom, overlapping, though, fad and recordsteinfeldt stand out and add context to how "planking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and bottom planking and attachments between planking and web. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "planking" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with planking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I thought that planking fad was over. (7 words)
I didn't think there'd be anything dumber than planking. (11 words)
The worldwide online planking craze has been a big hit in Thailand. (12 words)
During the early stages of excavation of the wreck, it was believed that the ship had originally been built with clinker (or clench) planking, a technique where the hull consisted of overlapping planks that bore the structural strength of the ship. (41 words)
Trials made with replicas of culverins and port pieces showed that they could penetrate wood the same thickness of the Mary Rose's hull planking, indicating a stand-off range of at least 90 m (295 ft). (37 words)
In Northern Europe the technique of building ships with clinker planking made it difficult to cut ports in the hull; clinker-built (or clench-built) ships had much of their structural strength in the outer hull. (36 words)
Marlo Alleva More Content Now Remember when planking anywhere and everywhere was all the rage? (15 words)
Example sentences (18)
Later examination indicates that the clinker planking is not present throughout the ship; only the outer structure of the sterncastle is built with overlapping planking, though not with a true clinker technique.
I thought that planking fad was over.
Minnetonka's Andy Steinfeldt, 71, Breaks World Planking RecordSteinfeldt broke the Guinness World Record for his age holding an abdominal plank position.
I didn't think there'd be anything dumber than planking.
Marlo Alleva More Content Now Remember when planking anywhere and everywhere was all the rage?
Planking uses more muscles at the front, back and side of your core than sit-ups or crunches.
The worldwide online planking craze has been a big hit in Thailand.
All boats suffered from some sort of structural failure (forward chine guards ripped away, bottom framing under bows broken, side planking cracked (indicating lack of longitudinal strength), and other weaknesses).
During the early stages of excavation of the wreck, it was believed that the ship had originally been built with clinker (or clench) planking, a technique where the hull consisted of overlapping planks that bore the structural strength of the ship.
Hollis (1900), p. 188. Marblehead and blockade Bainbridge determined that Constitution required new spar deck planking and beams, masts, sails, and rigging, and replacement of her copper bottom.
In Northern Europe the technique of building ships with clinker planking made it difficult to cut ports in the hull; clinker-built (or clench-built) ships had much of their structural strength in the outer hull.
Support for deep trenches is required in the shape of planking, strutting or shoring.
The boat, nicknamed 'Rob Roy' after a famous relative of his, was built of lapstrake oak planking, decked in cedar covered with rubberized canvas with an open cockpit in the center.
The Elco, Higgins and Huckins companies used varying lightweight techniques of hull construction which included two layers of double diagonal mahogany planking utilizing a glue-impregnated cloth layer between inner and outer planks.
The Higgins 76-footer (PT-70) completed the entire run but also suffered structural failures, attachments between planking and web frames pulling loose, and deck fastenings in the neighborhood of engine hatches showing extensive failures.
The hold lay furthest down in the ship, right above the bottom planking below the waterline.
Trials made with replicas of culverins and port pieces showed that they could penetrate wood the same thickness of the Mary Rose's hull planking, indicating a stand-off range of at least 90 m (295 ft).
Valuable or easily accessed timber has often been salvaged leaving just a few frames and bottom planking.
Common combinations with planking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: