definitions

mopboard

[ mop-bawrd, -bohrd ]
/ ˈmɒpˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /
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noun

baseboard(def 1).

Nearby words

mop up, mop up the floor with, mop-up, mopani, mopani worm, mopboard, mope, moped, mopery, mopes, mopey

Origin of mopboard

1850–55, Americanism; mop1 + board, so called because it adjoins the floor surface, which is cleaned by a mop
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Examples from the Web for mopboard

  • Soon, too, she made out the insistent gnawing of a rat behind the mopboard.

    The Girls of Hillcrest Farm|Amy Bell Marlowe

  • Will you—will you go over there in the corner by the door and look behind the mopboard?

    The Quickening|Francis Lynde

  • There is a very funny mark on this wall, low down, near the mopboard.

    The Yellow Wallpaper|Charlotte Perkins Gilman

British Dictionary definitions for mopboard

mopboard

/ (ˈmɒpˌbɔːd) /

noun

a US word for skirting board
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