Phrase guide

skirting board

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK

Qualifier: interior decoration

Topics: business, carpentry, construction, manufacturing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baseboard, skirtboard

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baseboard, mopboard

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: molding, moulding

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سفل (sefl) — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Armenian: շրիշակ (šrišak) — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Basque: errodapi — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Catalan: sòcol — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Catalan: entornpeu — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Chinese Cantonese: 矮傍水 — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Chinese Mandarin: 踢腳板 /踢脚板 (tījiǎobǎn) — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Dutch: plint — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Dutch: voetlijst — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Esperanto: plankoplinto — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Estonian: liist — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Finnish: jalkalista — panel between floor and interior wall
  • French: plinthe — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Galician: rodapé — panel between floor and interior wall
  • German: Fußleiste — panel between floor and interior wall
  • German: Fußbodenleiste — panel between floor and interior wall
  • German: Scheuerleiste — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Greek: σοβατεπί (sovatepí) — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Hungarian: szegőléc — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Hungarian: szegélyléc — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Irish: clár sciorta — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Italian: battiscopa — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Italian: salvamuro — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Japanese: 幅木 (habaki) — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Māori: pōitoito — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Māori: pae kākaho — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Māori: pāpaka — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Norwegian: golvlist — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gulvlist — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fotlist — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Persian: قرنیز — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Polish: listwa przypodłogowa — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Portuguese: rodapé — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Romanian: plintă — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Russian: пли́нтус (plíntus) — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Spanish: rodapié — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Spanish: zócalo — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Spanish: friso — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Swedish: golvlist — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Turkish: süpürgelik — panel between floor and interior wall
  • Ukrainian: плінтус (plintus) — panel between floor and interior wall