base-board

The base-board is supported on a brass plate within which is inserted a ball-and-socket (or universal joint in a new form), permitting the camera to be tilted to any necessary angle, and fixed in such position at will.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 Various

For the rest straw was littered down as if for horses, and when the pillows gave out, head-rests were made by tearing off the backs of the pews and nailing them slantwise from the base-board to the floor, so that knapsacks, coats, etc., could be used for pillows.

Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War Fannie A. Beers

I saw whole board fences so thickly tufted and bearded with a rich, particolored mosaic of lichens that from base-board to cope-board there was scarcely a square foot of the original wood to be seen.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Various

Having finished her tour of inspection, she went in and led me on an investigating trip all through the house, smelling of every corner and base-board, and insisting that every closet door should be opened, so that she might smell each closet through in the same way.

Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Helen M. Winslow

_ -- The slabs are out transversely into bars by means of the looped wire, or more usually by a machine (Fig. 12), the lower framework of which, containing wires, is drawn through the soap placed on the base-board; the framework is raised, and the bars fall upon the shelf, ready for transference into piles.

The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

To the front and base-board a brass swiveled side bar, made collapsible by means of a center slot, is attached by hinges, and this renders the camera rigid when open or secure when closed.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885 Various

The bartender stared wide-eyed at the ragged bit of fur and blood that was plastered against the base-board where a moment before a small mouse had been nibbling a bit of cheese.

The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country 1921

"This looks better," he said, and began making a quick search of the room, running from one piece of furniture to another, pulling out bureau drawers, drawing the bed out from the wall, and crawling along the base-board with a lighted match in his hand.

The Case of Jennie Brice Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

Has hidden it twice, once up the chimney flue, once behind base-board.

The Case of Jennie Brice Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

The slip of paper, however, which I had found behind the base-board, was still in Mr. Holcombe's possession, nor had he mentioned it to the police.

The Case of Jennie Brice Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917