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"skirting board" is a correct and commonly used term in written English.
It refers to a long, narrow board that runs along the bottom of a wall, typically used for decorative or protective purposes. It is also sometimes called a baseboard. Example: The painter carefully painted the skirting board in the living room to match the newly repainted walls.
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Sure, that ill-fitting portion of skirting board could merely be poor carpentry.
In the bedrooms, all is sleep-inducing heritage slate grey, from skirting board to walls, doors and curtains.
Colin's other flatmate is a mouse (played by a man in a mouse costume) who zooms along the skirting board in a toy car.
He planted secret cameras in an electric plug in the skirting board of the flat rented by Gary Dobson and a friend, Charles Martin.
Even then space was a problem: contemporary illustrations show the paintings covering every inch of the walls, from skirting board to ceiling.
"Sometimes my father doesn't understand why I want to know the colour of the skirting board in the bathroom," he tells Tatler.
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Skirting boards can be sealed using decorator's caulk.
But this will deteriorate, and carpet fitters often remove it around skirting boards.
As time went on, he replaced ceilings and skirting boards, and electric and heating fitments.
Seal draughts coming from gaps around windows and doors, skirting boards, loft hatches, keyholes and letter boxes.
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