Definition of 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.


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