n. 1 long flat piece of timber. 2 item in a political or other programme. v. 1 provide or cover with planks. 2 (usu. foil. by down)colloq. a put down or deposit roughly or violently. b pay (money) on the spot. walk the plank hist. be made to walk blindfold along a plank over the side of a ship to one’s death in the sea. [Latin planca]
