mopboard

[ mop-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

1. baseboard ( def 1 ).

mopboard

/ ˈmɒpˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a US word for skirting board

Word History and Origins

Origin of mopboard¹

1850–55, Americanism; mop ¹ + board, so called because it adjoins the floor surface, which is cleaned by a mop

Example Sentences

With a high wainscot and cornice painted ivory white, comparatively little paper is needed, which reduces the cost and permits a better paper than if the room had a simple mopboard and a tiny molding.

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Soon, too, she made out the insistent gnawing of a rat behind the mopboard.

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Will you—will you go over there in the corner by the door and look behind the mopboard?

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The slightest sound broke his sleep—the gnawing of a mouse behind the mopboard, or a change in the wind; and then insomnia seized upon him.

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The chair flew over backwards, Piker's feet made a lovely circle, an' his head tried to insinuate itself into the mopboard.

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