His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and
bitter-minded bigot.
Southey.
3. One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a
party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform. [Cant]
Plank road, or Plank way, a road surface formed of planks. [U.S.] -- To
walk the plank, to walk along a plank laid across the bulwark of a
ship, until one overbalances it and falls into the sea; -- a method of
disposing of captives practiced by pirates.
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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.
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.]