Category:Washboard

Wash"board`, n.

1. A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing Them.

2. A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a Room, next to the floor; a mopboard.

3. (naut.)

Defn: 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. Di