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Baseboard  n.  (Arch.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard.






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"Baseboard" Quotes from Famous Books



... a corner of the room and threw back the corner of a rug. Where the baseboard was mortised at the corner there appeared to have been a patch put in. Ted placed his hand against this, near the top, and it tipped back. It was hung on a pivot, and, as its top went in and the bottom came out, ...
— Ted Strong's Motor Car • Edward C. Taylor

... that room—moved every chair, the table, the desk. He dusted each piece of furniture four times. He polished each rung and followed around the baseboard on hands ...
— Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers • Elbert Hubbard



Words linked to "Baseboard" :   molding, moulding, mopboard, skirting board



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