A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them.
2.
A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.
3.
(Naut.) 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.
... oysters in the kitchen over the gas-stove, and they ate them there—Condy sitting on the washboard of the sink, his plate in ... — Blix • Frank Norris
... the time was really lost. Even the interval on Union Place was crowded with lessons and experiences. We had to visit the stores and be dressed from head to foot in American clothing; we had to learn the mysteries of the iron stove, the washboard, and the speaking-tube; we had to learn to trade with the fruit peddler through the window, and not to be afraid of the policeman; and, above all, we had to ... — The Promised Land • Mary Antin
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