A skirting board is the strip of wood along the bottom of a wall. Paint the skirting board.
It hides the gap where the floor meets the wall and takes the knocks a wall cannot. A skirting board is the last thing painted and the first thing scuffed.
1nounskirting boardThe strip of wood along the bottom of a wall.
“The skirting board had been painted over six times.”
skirting board is a board.
Also accepted in games: baseboard
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