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Definition of Floorboards
1. floorboard [n] - See also: floorboard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Floorboards
Literary usage of Floorboards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trench Warfare: A Manual for Officers and Men by Joseph Shuter Smith (1917)
"floorboards Although these are rarely available in sufficient numbers to be laid
continuously along the entire length of the trench, it is unwise to throw ..."
2. Country Cottages and Week-end Homes by John Hudson Elder-Duncan (1906)
"Here again the seasoning difficulty crops up, and frequently floorboards ...
Similarly, spaces between the floorboards and the bottom of the skirting may be ..."
3. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (2003)
"I stared at my feet, at the floorboards, and realized that they weren't floorboards
at all, but faux-finish painted over a copper mesh—a Faraday cage. ..."
4. Historic Building Interiors: An Annotated Bibliography by Anne Grimmer (1994)
"The author explains how to choose materials, repair subfloors and replace finish
floorboards in historic tongue-and-groove hardwood floors. ..."
5. Some By-products of Missions by Isaac Taylor Headland (1912)
"The seats were made of floorboards. ... the seats were perpendicular floorboards.
The floor was dirty; the windows were soiled; everything about it was ..."
6. In a Family Way by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (1995)
"Beyond the borders of the rya rug she sat on, the oak floorboards shone richly
dark and mellow; Aaron imagined he could still smell the faint tang of floor ..."
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