Definition of Floorboards

1. Noun. (plural of floorboard) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Floorboards

1. floorboard [n] - See also: floorboard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Floorboards

floor of tympanic cavity
floor plan
floor plan lending
floor plans
floor plate
floor puzzle
floor puzzles
floor show
floor through
floor tile
floor wax
floorage
floorages
floorball
floorboard
floorboards (current term)
floorcloth
floorcloths
floordrobe
floored
floorer
floorers
floorgrip
floorgrips
floorheads
flooring
floorings
floorless
floorlet
floorlets

Literary usage of Floorboards

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Trench Warfare: A Manual for Officers and Men by Joseph Shuter Smith (1917)
"floorboards Although these are rarely available in sufficient numbers to be laid continuously along the entire length of the trench, it is unwise to throw ..."

2. Country Cottages and Week-end Homes by John Hudson Elder-Duncan (1906)
"Here again the seasoning difficulty crops up, and frequently floorboards ... Similarly, spaces between the floorboards and the bottom of the skirting may be ..."

3. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (2003)
"I stared at my feet, at the floorboards, and realized that they weren't floorboards at all, but faux-finish painted over a copper mesh—a Faraday cage. ..."

4. Historic Building Interiors: An Annotated Bibliography by Anne Grimmer (1994)
"The author explains how to choose materials, repair subfloors and replace finish floorboards in historic tongue-and-groove hardwood floors. ..."

5. Some By-products of Missions by Isaac Taylor Headland (1912)
"The seats were made of floorboards. ... the seats were perpendicular floorboards. The floor was dirty; the windows were soiled; everything about it was ..."

6. In a Family Way by Rochelle Hollander Schwab (1995)
"Beyond the borders of the rya rug she sat on, the oak floorboards shone richly dark and mellow; Aaron imagined he could still smell the faint tang of floor ..."

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