Wash"board` (?), n. 1. A
fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing
them.
2. A board running round, and serving as a facing
for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.
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.
Wash"board` (?), n. 1. A
fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing
them.
2. A board running round, and serving as a facing
for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.
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.