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baseboard

[ beys-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. Also called mopboard, skirt. a board forming the foot of an interior wall.
  2. a board forming the base bases of anything.


baseboard

/ ˈbeɪsˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a board functioning as the base of anything
  2. Also calledskirting board a skirting made of wood


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Word History and Origins

Origin of baseboard1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; base 1 + board

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Example Sentences

Other features include True Radiant, which compensates for the longer time it takes for baseboard systems to adjust temperatures.

A little later the walls began to be covered with panels of thin slabs of marble with a baseboard and cornice.

Her costly velvet carpets still came right to the edge of the floor and were snugly tacked close to the baseboard.

Indeed, a set of encyclopedias of ancient vintage found lodgment along the baseboard on the floor.

A crack between flooring and baseboard may be the air leak that has caused the trouble.

On the wall opposite the fireplace there was a broad paneling of the same width filled with a mirror from baseboard to ceiling.

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