Overhead, as she sat, she could now hear the floorboards slightly creak, as if some one were walking about, and presently the movement was explained by the rustle of garments against the banisters, the opening and the closing of the front door, and the form of Tess passing to the gate on her way into the street.
"Tess of the d'Urbervilles A Pure Woman"
Thomas Hardy
I stared at my feet, at the floorboards, and realized that they weren't floorboards at all, but faux-finish painted over a copper mesh - a Faraday cage.
"Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom"
Cory Doctorow
Halet watched Telzey with a small smile while the naturalist put the heavy life-detector-and-stungun device carefully down on the floorboards.
"Novice"
James H. Schmitz