drainboard

[ dreyn-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

a working surface beside or on a kitchen sink, formed and inclined to drain into the sink.

Origin of drainboard

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; drain + board

Wash out the towels and dishpan, and leave the sink and drainboard perfectly clean.
Foods and Household Management | Helen Kinne
She carried her coffee cup to the sink, rinsed it out and set it on the drainboard.
Know Thy Neighbor | Elisabeth R. Lewis
Dundee said in a low voice, setting the fragile crystal dishes he carried upon the porcelain drainboard of the sink.
Murder at Bridge | Anne Austin
Johnny and Barney huddled against the kitchen drainboard out of the main stream of traffic.
Make Mine Homogenized | Rick Raphael
Figure 58 shows an enameled iron sink, containing sink, drainboard, and back all in one piece.
Rural Hygiene | Henry N. Ogden

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