washboard

A board having a corrugated surface on which clothes can be rubbed in the process of laundering.

A similar board used as a percussion instrument.

A board fastened to a wall at the floor; a baseboard.

A thin plank fastened to the side of a boat or to the sill of a port to keep out the sea and the spray.

Having rows of ridges or indentations similar to those of a washboard.

A board or wooden frame having a ribbed or corrugated surface of sheet-metal, vulcanite, earthenware, or wood, used as a scrubber in washing clothing by hand.

Nautical, a broad thin plank sometimes fixed on the top of the gunwale of a boat or other small vessel’s side, to prevent the sea from breaking over; also, a piece of plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose. Also called waste-board.

A board carried around the walls of a room at the bot torn. Also called mopboard, skirting-board.

A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.