Wasteboard

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wasteboard \Waste"board`\, n. (Naut.)
     See {Washboard}, 3.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



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