ironing-board

A form of ironing board — A long board, often covered with fabric and having legs that are usually collapsible, on which one can iron clothes.

Meanings

nounironing-board (plural ironing-boards)

plural ironing-boards

  1. datedDated form of ironing board.

    She has bought most of her furniture from auctions, a television set, curtains and even linen, not to mention numerous pots, pans, glassware and an ironing-board.

    1981 February 12, “Auction Sense”, in Stockport Advertiser, number 8,318, Stockport, page 4, column 1
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    The ſcene opened with M. le Texier as an old woman, ſitting at her ironing-board folding up napkins, waiting with impatience the return of her ſon [?], who is a thoughtleſs young man.

    1802 April 7, “The Dillettanti Theatre”, in The Times, number 5384, London, page [3], column 2

    The solid table on which stood the sewing-machine was also useful for cutting out and dressmaking, and the ironing-board and the iron stood ready for instant use.

    1990, Rosamunde Pilcher, September, Thorndike, Me.: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 324
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