Mopboard vs. Baseboard — What's the Difference?

See baseboard.

In architecture, a baseboard (also called skirting board, skirting, wainscoting, mopboard, floor molding, or base molding) is usually wooden or vinyl board covering the lowest part of an interior wall. Its purpose is to cover the joint between the wall surface and the floor.

A skirting board (to protect a wall from wet mops)

A molding that conceals the joint between an interior wall and the floor. Also called mopboard.

A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.

A panel or molding between the floor and the interior wall of a structure

A molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor

(US) A similar panel at the base of a piece of furniture or equipment.

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.

A molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor