When the floorboards creaked in the dark, I was shitting planks.

Before the passengers boarded, the crew inspected the gang-planks for loose boards and corrosion.

The crew inspected the old gang planks before passengers began to board.

Before breakfast, the crew stacked the Copenhagen planks neatly to protect them from the rain.

The wheelwright examined the hub planks carefully to make sure they would fit the wagon's hub before assembly.

The construction crew installed several stop planks along the temporary walkway to prevent people from slipping.

He bragged his motorcycle could do two-forty on a plank road, an old idiom meaning it could go at a blistering speed.

The new intern seemed thick as two short planks when he mixed up the client files.

They crossed the old plankless bridge with cautious steps.

The planker measured each oak board twice before fitting it along the ship's hull.