duckboard

[ duhk-bawrd, -bohrd ]

/ ˈdʌkˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.

Origin of duckboard

First recorded in 1915–20; duck¹ + board

I stamped on the duckboard and kicked the sides of the trench and jerked my rifle up and down just to keep myself awake.

Combed Out |Fritz August Voigt
It was about a mile from the line down a "beautiful" duckboard track.

500 of the Best Cockney War Stories |Various
I pawed the mud with my right in order to find the duckboard.

Combed Out |Fritz August Voigt
As we were coming down the duckboard track after being relieved Jerry started to put over a barrage.

500 of the Best Cockney War Stories |Various

At some 'posts' there was nothing better to sit on than the muddy 'fire-step' or at best half a duckboard or an old bomb box.

The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |G. K. Rose

duckboard

/ (ˈdʌkˌbɔːd) /

a board or boards laid so as to form a floor or path over wet or muddy ground