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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.

A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.

er work, the doors and windows, inside shutters, door and window trimmings, paneled jams, baseboards, and sometimes flooring and stairs; in plaster work, the finishing coat, the cornices, centerpieces, etc.,; in painting, all simple painting of woodwork and plastering. -- Inside track, the inner part of a race course;…

A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.

To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.

A baseboard; a mopboard.

l for skirts. Skirting board, the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard.

The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the like.