flanking

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That fact could lead someone to conclude that Draim is the offspring of politically active parents who dragged him to bull roasts and shad plankings since he was in diapers.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2012

In the second heat next day, with the Canadian entry out of the running because of broken plankings, Slo-Mo-Shun gave up dawdling.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few arrows pattered on the plankings of the Bozra.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns

Huge plankings were laid down over the ice, and omnibuses and wagons were driven on.

From North America — Volume 2 by Trollope, Anthony

The measurement of the boat was also made, and parts of her plankings and all the things she contained were taken out of her.

From Mark Seaworth by Kingston, William Henry Giles