2007-01-04 00:39:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The verb "to skirt" means to go all the way around something.
E.g. my journey skirted round the marshy parts of Dartmoor.
A skirting board skirts around a room, meaning it goes all the way round the walls.
2007-01-04 00:48:18 · answer #1 · answered by haardvarx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walls for a long time have felt a breeze around the lower regions and a strategic skirt helps keeps drafts from sensitive parts.
2007-01-04 00:47:41 · answer #2 · answered by jammydodger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It dates back to victorian times when skirting boards were fitted
with hinges to enable them to be lifted in order to kill the vermin lurking behind them, rats,mice,cockroaches etc.
2007-01-04 00:43:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
They originally were designed to stop stone-age women knocking lumps off the cave wall with their stone-age vacuum cleaners.
2007-01-04 00:50:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It starts at the door and goes right around the room till it meets the door again.
2007-01-04 00:43:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To hide uneven edges in the panelling or wallpaper. Also called mopboards because they keep the mop from touching said wallpaper or panelling and ruining it.
2007-01-04 07:33:58 · answer #6 · answered by Robin 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-04 00:41:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋