duckboard

Meaning

Noun

• One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.
• Wooden, low walkway or short part of a path with one or more planks, logs, or boards laid after each other lengthwise, often two planks wide; also called bog board, bog bridge, or puncheon.

Origin

• Possibly a metaphorical use of a name for a board connecting a duck hutch to a yard.