mopboard

[ mop-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

1. baseboard ( def 1 ).

mopboard

/ ˈmɒpˌbɔːd /

noun

1. See skirting board
   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

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

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

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There is a very funny mark on this wall, low down, near the mopboard.

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