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Definition of Draining board
1. Noun. A board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink.
Definition of Draining board
1. Noun. A board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink, used for letting kitchen utensils dry after they had been washed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Draining Board
Literary usage of Draining board
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles and Practice of Plumbing by Samuel Stevens Hellyer (1891)
"The draining-board should sail over the edge of the sink, with a water-groove on
its underside, to prevent the drainings running back over the top edges of ..."
2. Standard Practical Plumbing: Being a Complete Encyclopædia for Practical by Philip John Davies (1896)
"Jennings' slop sink with draining board m:nle to \\urk on lunges, ... Jennings'
enamelled slate sink with hinged draining board and hot and ('old water ..."
3. The Complete Housekeeper by Emily Holt (1903)
"A draining board is a great help in dishwashing. ... A right-hand draining board
is most convenient, but it should never be divorced from the kitchen-table ..."
4. The Brine and Salt Deposits of Michigan, Their Origin, Distribution and by Charles Wilford Cook (1914)
"... the sweep pushing the salt along the bottom and up the inclined draining board
at the end, on the forward movement, and feathering on the back stroke, ..."
5. The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery by Alexis Soyer (1847)
"The front of the shelf has a groove under the tap of the steamers to let out the
water produced by the steam, which runs into the sink ; a draining-board is ..."
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