Sanis denotes planks or board-like pieces used by survivors to reach land from a boat.

The attested use identifies wooden planks or similar pieces from a boat on which people could make their way safely to land.

1. Planks used for escape from a boat · dominant

   In Acts 27:44, the dative plural form occurs in the account of those who followed on planks or pieces from the boat; the APB renders the clause, “some on planks and some on pieces from the boat,” as all reached land safely.

   Acts 27:44

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 27:44, the APB presents the item as “planks” in the means by which survivors reached land.