mopboard
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mopboard
1850–55, mop 1 + board, so called because it adjoins the floor surface, which is cleaned by a mop
Example Sentences
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There is a very funny mark on this wall, low down, near the mopboard.
From The Yellow Wallpaper by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
With a high wainscot and cornice painted ivory white, comparatively little paper is needed, which reduces the cost and permits a better paper than if the room had a simple mopboard and a tiny molding.
From Remodeled Farmhouses by Northend, Mary H.
There is a corresponding opening in the mopboard in the next room, although no attempt is made to so carefully conceal it, as no one is ever admitted to it.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life by Hawthorne, Julian
"I presume," she said, with her back toward him, as she straightened the table accurately against the mopboard, "that you can let me have the little house at Grant's Corner."
From Dr. Breen's Practice by Howells, William Dean
The slightest sound broke his sleep—the gnawing of a mouse behind the mopboard, or a change in the wind; and then insomnia seized upon him.
From The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
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