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In architecture, a baseboard (also called skirting board, skirting, wainscoting, mopboard, trim, floor molding, or base molding) is usually wooden, MDF or vinyl board covering the lowest part of an interior wall. Its purpose is to cover the joint between the wall surface and the floor.
A dado rail, also known as a chair rail or surbase, [1] is a type of moulding fixed horizontally to the wall around the perimeter of a room. The dado rail is traditionally part of the dado or wainscot and, although the purpose of the dado is mainly aesthetic, the dado rail may provide the wall with protection from furniture and other contact.
Skirting can refer to: Construction elements Baseboards; Molding (decorative) protective devices such as lift table bellows; vinyl elements that covers the crawl space under a mobile home; Skirt steaks, also known as beef skirting; skirting, cloth used to decorate, cover, or hide tables or chairs from view, often used in exhibitions
Spinning Silver was widely praised upon its release. It was a finalist for Best Novel in both the 2018 Nebula Awards and the 2019 Hugo Awards. [4] [5] The novel won the American Library Association's Alex Award in 2019, [6] the 2019 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, [7] and the 2019 Audie Award for Fantasy.
The Golden Enclaves is a 2022 fantasy novel written by American author Naomi Novik following Galadriel "El" Higgins, a half-Welsh, half-Indian sorceress, who must survive to graduation while controlling her destructive abilities at the fabled school of black magic, named for the legendary Scholomance.
Novik may refer to: Novik (surname) Novik (beginner) , historical Russian term meaning a teenager from a noble, boyar, or cossack family enlisted to army or ...
Throne of Jade is the second novel in the Temeraire alternate history/fantasy series written by American author Naomi Novik. [2] It was published by Del Rey first in the United States on April 25, 2006, and was published in the United Kingdom in August 2007 by Voyager .
Novik was slightly damaged by three hits and two crewmen were killed. Novik reached the neutral German port of Qingdao; however, choosing to avoid internment, Commander Mikhail Fedorovich von Schultz chose to outrace its Japanese pursuers around the Japanese home islands towards Vladivostok, hoping to join with the Russian cruiser squadron ...