planking

planking
    n 1: planks collectively; a quantity of planks
    2: (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as
       on a ship)
    3: the work of covering an area with planks
    

Plank \Plank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Planking}.]
   1. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a
      ship. "Planked with pine." --Dryden.
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   2. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash;
      as, to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.]
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   3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
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   4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of
      wool, for subsequent drawing.
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   {Planked shad}, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and
      roasted before a wood fire.
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Planking \Plank"ing\, n.
   1. The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a
      series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the
      frame of a vessel.
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   2. The act of splicing slivers. See {Plank}, v. t., 4.
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68 Moby Thesaurus words for "planking":
      bank, beam, billet, board, boarding, border, broadside, cheek,
      chop, clapboard, coast, cord, cordwood, deal, driftwood, firewood,
      flank, hand, handedness, hardwood, haunch, hip, jowl, laterality,
      lath, lathing, lathwork, log, lumber, many-sidedness,
      multilaterality, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, plank, plyboard,
      plywood, pole, post, profile, puncheon, quarter, shake, sheathing,
      sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, shore, side, sideboard, siding,
      slab, slat, softwood, splat, stave, stick, stick of wood,
      stovewood, temple, three-by-four, timber, timbering, timberwork,
      two-by-four, unilaterality, weatherboard, wood