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washboard |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Washboard \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: washboard n 1: corrugated surface to scrub clothes on 2: a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side [syn: {splashboard}]
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