baseboard

[beys-bawrd, -bohrd] /ˈbeɪsˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/
noun
1.
Also called mopboard, skirt. a board forming the foot of an interior wall.
2.
a board forming the base of anything.
Origin
1850-55, Americanism; base1 + board
Examples from the web for baseboard
  • baseboard heaters contain electric heating elements encased in metal pipes.
  • The investigator determined the fire was caused by combustible materials stored too close to a baseboard heater.
  • According to fire investigators, a couch located next to an electric baseboard heater caught fire.
  • Both baseboard and wall heaters have thermostats that control them.
  • Insert with baseboard mounting surface at back of probe station.
  • Turn off heating, air conditioning, and ventilation systems and tape plastic over air vents and baseboard heaters.
  • Replacement of current electric baseboard heating with hot water baseboard heating in the high school.
  • It is more efficient than an electric furnace or baseboard heating.
  • Mushrooms growing at the base of and behind the baseboard below a water leak in a bathroom.
  • The units have a hybrid heating system: it contains a heat pump and electric resistant baseboard heaters.
British Dictionary definitions for baseboard

baseboard

/ˈbeɪsˌbɔːd/
noun
1.
a board functioning as the base of anything
2.
(US & Canadian) Also called skirting board. a skirting made of wood
Word Origin and History for baseboard
n.

1854, from base (n.) + board (n.1).