Encyclopedia > Plank

Article Content

Plank

A plank is a flat piece of timber, sawn and planed; it is technically distinguished from a board[?] by its greater thickness, and should measure from 2 to 4 inches (5.08 to 10.16 cm) in thickness and from 10 to 11 inches (25.4 to 27.94 cm) in width.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Battle Creek, Michigan

... is 1.92% water. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there are 53,364 people, 21,348 households, and 13,363 families residing in the city. The population density is ...