washboards in English
noun
1
a board made of ridged wood or a sheet of corrugated zinc, used when washing clothes as a surface against which to scrub them.
Their chores will be done with the implements of the day, which means they will be cooking their meals over an open fire and washing their clothes with a washboard .
2
a board fixed along the side of a boat to prevent water from spilling in over the edge.
noun
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1. Simple washboards are the best way to close a Companionway? Nope, no, and nope
2. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were raw, and wrung it out by hand.
3. Customized white Coopered containers to your specifications; Historical reproduction accuracy- Our buckets, butter churns, washtubs, washboards, canteens, yokes, etc