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duckboard

/duhk-bawrd, -bohrd/US // ˈdʌkˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd //UK // (ˈdʌkˌbɔːd) //

鸭子板,鸭板,鸭舌板,鸭舌帽

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.

Examples

  • I stamped on the duckboard and kicked the sides of the trench and jerked my rifle up and down just to keep myself awake.

  • It was about a mile from the line down a "beautiful" duckboard track.

  • Shell-holes and trenches everywhere filled with water till choice of movement was confined to a few duckboard tracks.

  • At some 'posts' there was nothing better to sit on than the muddy 'fire-step' or at best half a duckboard or an old bomb box.

  • As we were coming down the duckboard track after being relieved Jerry started to put over a barrage.