washboard
wosh bawrd
- n device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on
- n protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side
- The band is properly twangy, the repertoryOn, Wisconsin!, "Hold That Tiger," "Roll Out the Barrel"the sort that only a trombone, a tuba, a washboard and a couple of banjos .
- From her knobby washboard she vaulted, with the ad- miration of an army corps, beyond the antechamber of Peter the Great.
- She'd wash that man right out of her hair if it weren't for the washboard abs.