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How to pronounce duckboard in English?

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Type of boardwalk

Examples of duckboard

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GeneralJohn J. Pershing authorized a duckboard shoulder patch for the units.
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Despite a bit of duckboard here and a warm hut there, eight days in the wilds is not a walk in the park.
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In May 2010, only some overdue maintenance work was visible along with some early, short sections of new planking and duckboard.
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Gusts of wind blew us sideways, and less than two hours out, we faced a broad puddle of water, no duckboard, no stones, no branches.
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  • A boardwalk laid across muddy ground
  • Duckboards are platform of wooden slats built over muddy ground to form a dry passageway.
  • One of a long series of boards laid as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural
  • (Duck-boards) floor sections made of wooden slats which can be laid on wet, muddy or cold surfaces.
  • (DUCKBOARDS) boards forming a track or floor over wet or muddy ground; as plank sidewalks (BANQUETTE) or palletized BUNKER floors. See GANGWAY, PASSAGEWAY.
  • (Duckboards) A board which was laid down on trench floors and flooded fields to help stop soldiers from sinking into the muddy ground.