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单词 skirting
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Definition of skirting in English:

skirting

(also skirting board)
noun ˈskəːtɪŋˈskərdɪŋ
British
  • A wooden board running along the base of an interior wall.

    the point where the skirting and the stairs meet
    North American term baseboard
    mass noun a length of skirting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The skirting and door frame will have to wait until the walls and ceiling have dried.
    • Inside, walls are finished in tinted plaster, with no skirtings against the floors, which themselves are of polished pale concrete.
    • Replacing skirting and architraves is a good way of upgrading a home with minimum outlay.
    • The chippies also added skirtings, trimmings and painted the walls, giving the 1920's accommodation a real boost.
    • ‘The internal walls are dry-lined and plastered and all skirting and wood trim is varnished,’ Copeland said.
    • Walnut doors and skirting are complemented by stark white walls and most bedrooms contain fitted wardrobes.
    • Then have a skirting line the same color as the floor tile.
    • We've stripped wallpaper, painted, put up skirting boards, hung blinds, panelled ceilings and clad walls.
    • Walls are white, offset with bright yellow doors and skirtings.
    • You should also use a sealing gun to close up cracks in floorboards, skirting boards and the like.
    • If similar skirting is used to match the rest of the room, the bay will blend in easier with the walls.
    • They are an inspiration to those of us still stuffing mushrooms and washing the skirting before a full day in the office.
    • If you prefer, lattice or other style panels may be use to match the skirting on the porch.
    • We came home yesterday to find ants marching along the hall carpet and scurrying around the skirting boards.
    • Your local builders' merchant will sell wood beading that you can paint to match the skirting.
    • All glass framing is let into the structure and there are no architraves or skirtings.
    • Another option is to disguise your radiators as skirtings.
    • There are also plaster-skimmed walls throughout, regency paneled doors and a moulded skirting.
    • He had ripped cupboard doors off their hinges and charged at walls and skirting boards.
    • The wooden theme continues from the floor to the skirting which runs around the walls.
    • Oak doors lead you from room to room and the brushed-steel fittings and solid wooden skirtings add style and sturdiness.
    • Remove one panel of skirting from each corner; this usually works if the skunk is living above the ground or in articles stored under the trailer.
    • Bedbug lairs can be anywhere, from telephone handsets and electrical goods to crevices in wooden furniture or behind skirting boards.
    • Mushrooms, some 4-5 cm high, have also been growing out of hallway skirting boards on the 9th floor.
    • If this is not possible, add light with a vinyl silk emulsion on the walls and gloss paint for the woodwork, skirting and window and door frames.
    • Floors throughout are restored eight inch wide pine planks with natural wood skirting boards.
    • The pale wood squares form a crisscross structure that runs around doorways, along skirting boards and across floors.
    • This allows the skirting cuts to be square and the cut skirting to be slid into position inside the nosing cuts.
    • They have just hung new doors throughout our house, and fitted new skirting boards in our hallway.

Rhymes

disconcerting, shirting
 
 

Definition of skirting in US English:

skirting

(also skirting board)
nounˈskərdɪŋˈskərdiNG
British
  • A wooden board running along the base of an interior wall; a baseboard.

    the point where the skirting and the stairs meet
    mass noun a length of skirting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The chippies also added skirtings, trimmings and painted the walls, giving the 1920's accommodation a real boost.
    • They are an inspiration to those of us still stuffing mushrooms and washing the skirting before a full day in the office.
    • Bedbug lairs can be anywhere, from telephone handsets and electrical goods to crevices in wooden furniture or behind skirting boards.
    • The pale wood squares form a crisscross structure that runs around doorways, along skirting boards and across floors.
    • ‘The internal walls are dry-lined and plastered and all skirting and wood trim is varnished,’ Copeland said.
    • Inside, walls are finished in tinted plaster, with no skirtings against the floors, which themselves are of polished pale concrete.
    • There are also plaster-skimmed walls throughout, regency paneled doors and a moulded skirting.
    • Replacing skirting and architraves is a good way of upgrading a home with minimum outlay.
    • This allows the skirting cuts to be square and the cut skirting to be slid into position inside the nosing cuts.
    • Another option is to disguise your radiators as skirtings.
    • We've stripped wallpaper, painted, put up skirting boards, hung blinds, panelled ceilings and clad walls.
    • They have just hung new doors throughout our house, and fitted new skirting boards in our hallway.
    • If similar skirting is used to match the rest of the room, the bay will blend in easier with the walls.
    • Floors throughout are restored eight inch wide pine planks with natural wood skirting boards.
    • Walls are white, offset with bright yellow doors and skirtings.
    • All glass framing is let into the structure and there are no architraves or skirtings.
    • Oak doors lead you from room to room and the brushed-steel fittings and solid wooden skirtings add style and sturdiness.
    • If you prefer, lattice or other style panels may be use to match the skirting on the porch.
    • The wooden theme continues from the floor to the skirting which runs around the walls.
    • Remove one panel of skirting from each corner; this usually works if the skunk is living above the ground or in articles stored under the trailer.
    • If this is not possible, add light with a vinyl silk emulsion on the walls and gloss paint for the woodwork, skirting and window and door frames.
    • Your local builders' merchant will sell wood beading that you can paint to match the skirting.
    • We came home yesterday to find ants marching along the hall carpet and scurrying around the skirting boards.
    • Mushrooms, some 4-5 cm high, have also been growing out of hallway skirting boards on the 9th floor.
    • He had ripped cupboard doors off their hinges and charged at walls and skirting boards.
    • Walnut doors and skirting are complemented by stark white walls and most bedrooms contain fitted wardrobes.
    • The skirting and door frame will have to wait until the walls and ceiling have dried.
    • Then have a skirting line the same color as the floor tile.
    • You should also use a sealing gun to close up cracks in floorboards, skirting boards and the like.
 
 
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