Plankway

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A walkway consisting of a series of planks.

    "Unlike other farms, theirs exists in a dim, tidal underworld: barnacle- and starfish-covered pilings hold up a few narrow wooden plankways for the abalone harvesters."

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"Unlike other farms, theirs exists in a dim, tidal underworld: barnacle- and starfish-covered pilings hold up a few narrow wooden plankways for the abalone harvesters."

Etymology

From plank + way.

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