different between splashboard vs washboard

English

Etymology

splash +? board

Noun

splashboard (plural splashboards)

1. A guard towards the front of a horse-drawn vehicle, to prevent splashing by mud or water from the road.

English

Etymology

wash +? board

Noun

washboard (plural washboards)

1. A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.
2. (music) Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument.
3. (nautical) A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard.
4. A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface.
5. (dated) baseboard; skirting board

Derived terms

• washboardist

Translations

Verb

washboard (third-person singular simple present washboards, present participle washboarding, simple past and past participle washboarded)

1. To produce a rippled texture on a surface.
2. To play a washboard.
3. (bees) To move up and down or back and forth across the surface of a hive, possibly to lay down a layer of propolis and wax.