"That stairway has a couple of rotten boards in it," said the shill.

The idea made him grin as he ripped out the next rotten board.

They are built on piles of wood, running out to some distance in the water, and covered with rotten, black-looking boards.

I took hold of the railing and, cautiously watching for rotten boards, made my way up to the front porch.

Her foot went through a rotten board.

Dry wood, riddled with termite and other insect tunnels, turned into dust, and the rotten boards shot out.

On his next slow step backward, one of the rotten boards shifted under him and he wobbled at the edge.

Fors worked his heel free from the rotten board which had clamped it and crawled toward the Star pouch.

Oral tradition suggests that rotten boards gave out in the heavy sea and allowed the cargo to shift and capsize the steamer.

Meanwhile, Patty goes to use the bathroom, notices someone watching her, but falls through rotten boards into a mine shaft.