skirtings
Britishplural noun
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The walls of the staircase are covered with a sort of plaster called stucco, but closely resembling road-scrapings: the skirtings are of pitch-pine, the balusters of the same material.
From The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
Plugs.—Prepare and tar for pisé-builder 3 in. by 1 in. well-seasoned softwood plugs, 15 in. long, as per detail, for skirtings, picture- and chair-rail, to be inserted 3 ft. apart.
From Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) by Williams-Ellis, Clough
The tops of the skirtings, the mouldings of the doors, the sashes of the windows and the corners of the floors were thick with the accumulated dust of years.
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
Coarse cloth of linen and wool used as skirtings by the British peasantry.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)
You do the doors and windows, and let 'im do the cupboards and skirtings.'
From The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell, Robert
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