planking (on a wooden ship)
Refers to the wooden planks forming the hull or deck of a traditional wooden boat. A specialized nautical term.
The shipwright attaches the planking one board at a time.
The planking of old Japanese wooden boats was assembled without using nails.
板 is a generic word for a board or plank; 船棚 is the specialized term for such boards when used in shipbuilding.
Standard kanji form for 'planking on a wooden ship'.
Alternate kanji form using 枻 (a rare character for a side board or plank).
Compound of 船 (funa, 'boat') and 棚 (dana, 'shelf' or 'board'). The term likely arose from the resemblance of hull planks to shelves or layered boards.