[ noun ] a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor <noun.artifact>
Baseboard \Base"board\, n. (Arch.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard.
More than a dozen electrical code violations, including the absence of a ground wire, were discovered in the six-foot baseboard heating unit Salz installed in the Gorman home, Toscano said.
Richard E. Salz faced sentencing Friday after a jury last month found him guilty of improperly installing a baseboard heating unit in the East Haven, Conn., home where the boy died.