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Definition of Baseboards
1. baseboard [n] - See also: baseboard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baseboards
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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