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Definition of Floorboard
1. Noun. A board in the floor.
2. Noun. The floor of an automobile.
Definition of Floorboard
1. Noun. Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor. ¹
2. Noun. The floor of a car. ¹
3. Verb. To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Floorboard
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floorboard
Literary usage of Floorboard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1883)
"The internal rabbet at the bottom and the external one at the top serve as
receivers for the floorboard and the roof, rendering plinths unnecessary. ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1875)
"As to the bees attaching the comb to the floorboard, the instance Mr. Cheshire gives
is no proof that they do so naturally; in his case it might have arisen ..."