skirting board
Definitions
A panel, normally made of wood, between the floor and the interior wall of a structure, or placed in a position that is subject to repeated knocks.
Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
Equivalents
Françaisplinthe
14 more languages
Ελληνικάσοβατεπί
Suomijalkalista
日本語幅木
Te Reo Māoripāpaka
Polskilistwa przypodłogowa
Portuguêsrodapé
Românăplintă
Русскийплинтус
Svenskagolvlist
Türkçesüpürgelik
Українськаплінтус
Examples
“But these little tunnels, emerging into the open⟳ at Finchley Road (reached in 1879) were the start⟳ of something big. By the early twentieth century it would be possible to think⟳ of them as two mouseholes in the skirting board⟳ of a wall separating two great ballrooms.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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