"skirting board" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-skirting board.ogg [Australia] Forms: skirting boards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} skirting board (plural skirting boards)
  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, finish carpentry, interior decorating) 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 Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Categories (topical): Architectural elements Synonyms: baseboard Translations (panel between floor and interior wall): سفل (sefl) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), շրիշակ (šrišak) (Armenian), errodapi (Basque), entornpeu [masculine] (Catalan), rodapeu [masculine] (Catalan), 矮傍水 (Chinese Cantonese), 踢腳板 (Chinese Mandarin), 踢脚板 (tījiǎobǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), plint [feminine] (Dutch), voetlijst [feminine] (Dutch), plankoplinto (Esperanto), liist (Estonian), jalkalista (Finnish), plinthe [feminine] (French), rodapé (Galician), Fußleiste [feminine] (German), Fußbodenleiste [feminine] (German), Scheuerleiste [feminine] (German), σοβατεπί (sovatepí) [neuter] (Greek), szegőléc (Hungarian), szegélyléc (Hungarian), clár sciorta [masculine] (Irish), battiscopa [feminine] (Italian), salvamuro [masculine] (Italian), 幅木 (habaki) (alt: はばき) (Japanese), pōitoito (Maori), pae kākaho (Maori), pāpaka (Maori), golvlist [common-gender] (Norwegian), قرنیز (Persian), listwa przypodłogowa [feminine] (Polish), rodapé [masculine] (Portuguese), plintă (Romanian), пли́нтус (plíntus) [masculine] (Russian), rodapié [masculine] (Spanish), zócalo [masculine] (Spanish), golvlist [common-gender] (Swedish), плінтус (plintus) (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "panel between floor and interior wall",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "zócalo"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "panel between floor and interior wall",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "golvlist"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plintus",
      "sense": "panel between floor and interior wall",
      "word": "плінтус"
    }
  ],
  "word": "skirting board"
}

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