Meanings
plural skirting boards
- CommonwealthIrelandUKinterior decorationbusinessA panel, normally made of wood, between the floor and the interior wall of a structure, or placed in a position that is subject to repeated knocks.
But these little tunnels, emerging into the open at Finchley Road (reached in 1879) were the start of something big. By the early twentieth century it would be possible to think of them as two mouseholes in the skirting board of a wall separating two great ballrooms.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 51Synonyms: baseboard, skirtboard
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA panel, normally made of wood, between the floor and the interior wall of a structure, or placed in a position that is subject to repeated knocks.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque errodapi
- errodapipanel between floor and interior wall
Catalan sòcol, entornpeu
- sòcolpanel between floor and interior wall
- entornpeupanel between floor and interior wall
Chinese Cantonese 矮傍水
- 矮傍水panel between floor and interior wall
Chinese Mandarin 踢腳板 /踢脚板
- 踢腳板 /踢脚板 (tījiǎobǎn)panel between floor and interior wall
Dutch plint, voetlijst
- plintpanel between floor and interior wall
- voetlijstpanel between floor and interior wall
Esperanto plankoplinto
- plankoplintopanel between floor and interior wall
Estonian liist
- liistpanel between floor and interior wall
Finnish jalkalista
- jalkalistapanel between floor and interior wall
French plinthe
- plinthepanel between floor and interior wall
German Fußleiste, Fußbodenleiste
- Fußleistepanel between floor and interior wall
- Fußbodenleistepanel between floor and interior wall
- Scheuerleistepanel between floor and interior wall
Greek σοβατεπί
- σοβατεπί (sovatepí)panel between floor and interior wall
Hungarian szegőléc, szegélyléc
- szegőlécpanel between floor and interior wall
- szegélylécpanel between floor and interior wall
Irish clár sciorta
- clár sciortapanel between floor and interior wall
Italian battiscopa, salvamuro
- battiscopapanel between floor and interior wall
- salvamuropanel between floor and interior wall
Japanese 幅木
- 幅木 (habaki)panel between floor and interior wall
Māori pōitoito, pae kākaho
- pōitoitopanel between floor and interior wall
- pae kākahopanel between floor and interior wall
- pāpakapanel between floor and interior wall
Norwegian golvlist
- golvlistpanel between floor and interior wall
Norwegian Bokmål gulvlist, fotlist
- gulvlistpanel between floor and interior wall
- fotlistpanel between floor and interior wall
Persian قرنیز
- قرنیزpanel between floor and interior wall
Polish listwa przypodłogowa
- listwa przypodłogowapanel between floor and interior wall
Portuguese rodapé
- rodapépanel between floor and interior wall
Romanian plintă
- plintăpanel between floor and interior wall
Russian пли́нтус
- пли́нтус (plíntus)panel between floor and interior wall
Spanish rodapié, zócalo
- rodapiépanel between floor and interior wall
- zócalopanel between floor and interior wall
- frisopanel between floor and interior wall
Swedish golvlist
- golvlistpanel between floor and interior wall
Turkish süpürgelik
- süpürgelikpanel between floor and interior wall
Ukrainian плінтус
- плінтус (plintus)panel between floor and interior wall
Cite this entry
skirting board. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skirting%20board
“skirting board.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skirting%20board. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skirting board,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skirting%20board.
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