mopboard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mopboard
1850–55, mop 1 + board, so called because it adjoins the floor surface, which is cleaned by a mop
Example Sentences
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The Living Room At the left of the hallway is the living-room, which is of the simple farmhouse type, lacking a wainscot but containing a simple mopboard and paneled door.
From Remodeled Farmhouses by Northend, Mary H.
The chair flew over backwards, Piker's feet made a lovely circle, an' his head tried to insinuate itself into the mopboard.
From Happy Hawkins by Wason, Robert Alexander
If you do not find it there, examine the base or mopboard.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life by Hawthorne, Julian
Soon, too, she made out the insistent gnawing of a rat behind the mopboard.
From The Girls of Hillcrest Farm The Secret of the Rocks by Marlowe, Amy Bell
"I presume," she said, with her back toward him, as she straightened the table accurately against the mopboard, "that you can let me have the little house at Grant's Corner."
From Dr. Breen's Practice by Howells, William Dean
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