Skirting board or skirting is a narrow length of wood which goes along the bottom of a wall in a room and makes a border between the walls and the floor.
[British]regional note: in AM, use baseboard
skirting board in British English
noun
a skirting made of wood
US and Canadian name: baseboard. US name: mopboard
Examples of 'skirting board' in a sentence
skirting board
They'd called it the damp room since that first Sunday, though there was not a sign of rot from ceiling to skirting board.
Clive Barker THE HELLBOUND HEART (2001)
Terry took a penknife from his pocket and stuck it into the skirting board.
Melville, Anne THE HARDIE INHERITANCE (2001)
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skirting board
British English: skirting board /ˈskɜːtɪŋ bɔːd/ NOUN
Skirting board or skirting is a narrow length of wood which goes along the bottom of a wall in a room and makes a border between the walls and the floor.