Found 2 items, similar to washboard.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: washboard
washboard
n 1: device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes
on
2: protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a
gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side [syn:
splashboard]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Washboard
Washboard
\Wash"board`\, n.
1. A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in
washing them.
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2. A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the
walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.
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3. (Naut.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of
boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank
on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; --
called also
wasteboard. --Mar. Dict.
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