Bible Dictionaries
Washboard

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.

(2):

(n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; - called also wasteboard.

(3):

(n.) A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Washboard'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/washboard.html. 1828.