plank (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. axis, is, m. (also written assis)2. tăbŭla (the word best suited for elegant prose; axis being a builder's term3. lāmĭna or lamna (a thin p.) • plank (subs.): 1. axis, is, m. (also written assis): oaken p.s, a. querni, Vitr. 7, 1, 2: Caes. Dimin., axiculus: Amm. 2. tăbŭla (the word best suited for elegant prose; axis being a builder's term: also, esp. a p. out of a ship): to get hold of a plank in a ship-wreck, t. de naufragio arripere, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 89: Hor. 3. lāmĭna or lamna (a thin p.): v. plate. To join p.s together, as in forming a floor, coaxo or coasso, 1: Vitr. 7, 1, 5; the fabric being, coaxatio, id.