Definition of Baseboards

1. Noun. (plural of baseboard) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Baseboards

1. baseboard [n] - See also: baseboard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baseboards

baseball manager
baseball mitt
baseball play
baseball player
baseball score
baseball season
baseball swing
baseball team
baseballer
baseballers
baseband
basebands
baseboard
baseboarding
baseboards (current term)
baseborn
baseburner
baseburners
basecamp
basecamps
based
based(p)
based on
basedoid
basedowian
basehead
baseheads
baseis
baselard

Literary usage of Baseboards

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Franklin Arithmetic by Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton (1895)
"The others, 3 ft. by 6 ft. baseboards. All the baseboards 9 inches high. ... walls and ceiling of the study, deducting for baseboards, doors, and windows? ..."

2. The Modern hospital by John Allan Hornsby (1913)
"The cost of magnesia composition floors approximates 25 cents per square foot, and coved 8-inch high baseboards approximately the same amount per lineal ..."

3. Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housingby David E. Jacobs by David E. Jacobs (1996)
"The most common impact surfaces are doors and doorjambs, door trim, doorstops, outside corners of a wall, baseboards, and shoe moldings along the baseboard, ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"That the room was only plastered down to the top of the wainscoting, and behind the wainscoting, baseboards, etc., was plain brick. ..."

5. Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man by Glenn Washington Herrick (1914)
"The floors should be thoroughly washed and scrubbed with soap and water, especially along the baseboards and cracks. It would be of advantage to spray the ..."

6. Housewifery: A Manual and Text Book of Practical Housekeeping by Lydia Ray Balderston (1921)
"Curved baseboards in the tile, or special mouldings set in as a joining between walls and floors ... Curved baseboards are possible with all these floors. ..."

7. School Library Management by Martha Wilson (1919)
"It is wise to omit from the walls, chair rails, wainscoting, and baseboards. The walls can then be plastered to the floor, and after the book- shelving is ..."

8. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"The next work to be done after the jambs are set is that of putting in the standing trim, or finish, which consists of baseboards, wainscoting, architraves, ..."

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