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.
plank (v.) Copy link Outline 1. contăbŭlo, 1 (to cover with boards)2. coaxo (coass.) • plank (v.). 1. contăbŭlo, 1 (to cover with boards): Caes. B. G. 5, 40: Plin. 2. coaxo (coass.): Vitr. 7, 1, 5. (N.B.--Coaxo appy. only of a horizontal planking: contabulo of either horizontal or perpendicular.)
PLANK Copy link • PLANK 1. s. assis or axis; tabula: to cut a tree into planks, arborem in laminas secare: oak planks, asses roboreae: to lay planks, coassare or coaxare: to floor with planks, assibus consternere, contabulare: a floor of planks, coassatio or coaxatio. 2. v. contabulare (Caes., Liv.); coassare or coaxare.