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washboard
CIDE DICTIONARY
washboard, n.
- A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them. [1913 Webster]
- A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
washboard, n.
1 a board of ribbed wood or a sheet of corrugated zinc on which clothes are scrubbed in washing.
2 this used as a percussion instrument, played with the fingers.
1 a board of ribbed wood or a sheet of corrugated zinc on which clothes are scrubbed in washing.
2 this used as a percussion instrument, played with the fingers.
THESAURUS
washboard
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