1. washboard(n = noun.artifact) - device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on;
is a kind of device
2. washboard(n = noun.artifact) splashboard - protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side;
is a kind of protection, protective cover, protective covering
is a part of vessel, watercraft
1. A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them. [1913 Webster]
2. A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard. [1913 Webster]
3. A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also
washboard, n.
1 a board of ribbed wood or a sheet of corrugated zinc on which clothes are scrubbed in washing.
2 this used as a percussion instrument, played with the fingers.