skirting boardn.

Etymology: Compare skirting n. 4a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskirting-board.

The narrow board placed round the wall of a room, etc., close to the floor.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > skirting board

skiftingc1450

baseboard1598

skirt-board1690

skirting boarda1756

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skirting1825

washboard1828

a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 256 Rubbing the skirting-boards with a piece of oily flannel.

1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 291 The floor, joints and projections of the skirting-board.

1814 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 12 185 The skirting board of the room was painted of that colour.

1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 25 A cracked window or a shrunken skirtingboard.

figurative.1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight xxiii. 268 A woful skirting-board of crouching Irish paupers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	skirting board
释义	skirting boardn. Etymology: Compare skirting n. 4a.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskirting-board. The narrow board placed round the wall of a room, etc., close to the floor. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > wall of building > [noun] > skirting board skiftingc1450 baseboard1598 skirt-board1690 skirting boarda1756 base1757 skirting1825 washboard1828 a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 256 Rubbing the skirting-boards with a piece of oily flannel. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 291 The floor, joints and projections of the skirting-board. 1814 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 12 185 The skirting board of the room was painted of that colour. 1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 25 A cracked window or a shrunken skirtingboard. figurative.1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight xxiii. 268 A woful skirting-board of crouching Irish paupers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1756
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