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- Washboard - n. - A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.
- Washboard - n. - A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.
- Washboard - n. - A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard.
- Baseboard - n. - 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.