Skirting-board

  • 11skirting-board — baseboard, panel (along the length of a wall) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 12skirting board — noun (C, U) BrE a long narrow piece of wood that is fixed along the bottom of the walls in a room; baseboard AmE …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13skirting board — noun a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor • Syn: ↑baseboard, ↑mopboard • Hypernyms: ↑molding, ↑moulding …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 14Skirting — Skirt ing, n. 1. (Arch.) A skirting board. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. Skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts. [1913 Webster] {Skirting board}, the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15skirting — (also skirting board) ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a wooden board running along the base of an interior wall …

    English terms dictionary

  • 16skirting — UK [ˈskɜː(r)tɪŋ] / US [ˈskɜrtɪŋ] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms skirting : singular skirting plural skirtings 1) British a skirting board 2) something that covers the lower part of something such as a machine …

    English dictionary

  • 17skirting — (also skirting board) noun Brit. a wooden board running along the base of an interior wall …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 18skirting — n. (in full skirting board) Brit. a narrow board etc. along the bottom of the wall of a room …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 19skirting — noun Date: 1764 1. something that skirts: as a. border, edging b. chiefly British baseboard called also skirting board 2. fabric suitable for skirts …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 20skirting — /skerr ting/, n. 1. fabric for making skirts. 2. Often, skirtings. low grade wool and foreign matter removed from the outer edges of fleece. 3. Also called skirting board. Brit. baseboard (def. 1). [1680 90; SKIRT + ING1] * * * …

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