Hypertext Webster Gateway: "baseboard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
baseboard
n : a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor
[syn: {mopboard}, {skirting board}]
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