WASHBOARD


Meaning of WASHBOARD in English

— washboardy , adj.

/wosh"bawrd', -bohrd', wawsh"-/ , n.

1. a rectangular board or frame, typically with a corrugated metallic surface, on which clothes are rubbed in the process of washing.

2. a baseboard around the walls of a room.

3. Also called splashboard . Naut.

a. a thin, broad plank fastened to and projecting above the gunwale or side of a boat to keep out the spray and sea.

b. a similar board on the sill of a port.

adj.

4. resembling a washboard in being rough and bumpy: a washboard roadbed.

[ 1735-45; WASH + BOARD ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .