baseboard

2 definitions found

baseboard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Baseboard \Base"board\, 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.
     [1913 Webster]

baseboard - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  baseboard
      n 1: a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor
           [syn: baseboard, mopboard, skirting board]