duckboard
Planks over mud
A duckboard is a wooden slatted platform laid over wet or muddy ground to provide footing.
The term comes from World War I, when soldiers used them in flooded trenches: We laid duckboards across the worst of the mud.
They're still used in showers, saunas, and anywhere standing water collects.
Thin flat strips
- planksFlat construction lumber pieces
- timberWood for construction
- lumberSawn wood for building
- joineryFitting wood pieces together
decking · flooring · framework · laths · carpentry · woodwork · battens · crosspieces
Acidic peat wetland
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- fenLow marshy ground
- mireBoggy, waterlogged terrain
peatland · moor · quagmire · wetlands · slough · bayou · muskeg · waterlogged
Long narrow excavation
- dugoutCarved-log canoe
- parapetLow wall at edge
- sandbagWeighted sack for barriers
- no-mans-landUnclaimed disputed ground
frontline · over-the-top · foxhole · entrenchment · sapper · tunneling · shellfire · mud
slats
Thin flat strips
joinery · decking · flooring · framework · laths · carpentry · woodwork · battens · crosspieces · nailing
bog
Acidic peat wetland
mire · peatland · moor · quagmire · wetlands · slough · bayou · muskeg · waterlogged · soggy
trench
Long narrow excavation
no-mans-land · frontline · over-the-top · foxhole · entrenchment · sapper · tunneling · shellfire · mud · infantry
footpath
Route for pedestrians
causeway · footbridge · passage · crossing · gangway · decking · garden-path · promenade
duckboardconcrete
Solid building mixture
asphalt · paved road · tarmac · concrete slab · concrete floor
duckboardconcrete foundation