planking
板張り
解説 Definition
planking は plank（板を張る、板で覆う）の動名詞・現在分詞です。名詞としては、床や壁などに使う板張りや板材を指します。
Planking is a covering or construction made from long, relatively thick boards, especially on a floor, wall, deck, or hull. It can also mean the material used for such boardwork or the process of installing it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
plank「厚い板、板を張る」に -ing をそのまま加えた形で、発音は /ˈplæŋkɪŋ/ です。ここでは運動の plank ではなく、wooden planking「木の板張り」、damaged planking「傷んだ板材」のように、床や壁を覆う板材または板張りを指します。「板を並べて面を作る」場面で覚えます。
Begin with plank, a long, thick, flat board, and add -ing without changing the spelling of the base. The result is pronounced /ˈplæŋkɪŋ/. For this sense, imagine workers laying boards side by side until they form a floor, wall, deck, or boat surface. This supports phrases such as wooden planking, damaged planking, and narrow planking. The word can name the boards collectively, the finished board covering, or the process of installing them. Do not let the modern exercise called a plank distract from this building-material sense.
例文
The old house still has wooden planking on the floor.
その古い家には、今も床に木の板張りが残っています。
Workers replaced the damaged planking near the door.
作業員たちはドアの近くの傷んだ板張りを交換しました。
The cabin walls were covered with narrow planking.
小屋の壁は細い板張りで覆われていました。
planking の類義語・関連語
planking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
planking は plank「厚板」に -ing が付いた語で、plank は古フランス語 planche／北仏語 planke、さらに後期ラテン語 planca「板」にさかのぼります。つまり「板を並べること」がそのまま「板張り」になった語です。関連語は plank、planche。
Planking is formed from plank plus -ing. Plank entered English from northern French or related Germanic forms, alongside Old French planche, and is connected ultimately with Late Latin planca, “a flat board.” The suffix allows planking to denote the action of covering something with planks, while the noun also developed collective senses for the boards themselves and the surface constructed from them.
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