Significados de hard planks en inglés

Well, there are still some hard planks to pierce; but I am not worrying about that.

The doctor and his aids, resting on the hard planks that served as seats, sat upright against the dirt wall, sound asleep.

Lying here and there on the veranda, rolled up in their clothes, were the servants of the factory, sleeping soundly on the hard planks.

"Lucky for you they were not, as you might have broken a leg in striking hard planks instead of soft soil," remarked Frank.

"Here none would give her clothes but of the coarsest wool," said Sir Archie, "and a narrow bed of hard planks to sleep on.