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mop⋅board

  [mop-bawrd, -bohrd]
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–noun
baseboard (def. 1).
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; mop 1 + board, so called because it adjoins the floor surface, which is cleaned by a mop

base⋅board

  [beys-bawrd, -bohrd]
–noun
1. Also called mopboard, skirt. a board forming the foot of an interior wall.
2. a board forming the base of anything.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; base 1 + board
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base·board   (bās'bôrd', -bōrd')   
n.  A molding that conceals the joint between an interior wall and the floor. Also called mopboard.
mop·board   (mŏp'bôrd', -bōrd')   
n.  See baseboard.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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