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wainscot
[ weyn-skuht, -skot, -skoht ]
noun
- wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- the lining itself, especially as covering the lower portion of a wall.
- a dado, especially of wood, lining an interior wall.
- British. oak of superior quality and cut, imported from the Baltic countries for fine woodwork.
verb (used with object)
- to line the walls of (a room, hallway, etc.) with or as if with woodwork:
a room wainscoted in oak.
wainscot
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noun
- Also calledwainscotingwainscotting a lining applied to the walls of a room, esp one of wood panelling
- the lower part of the walls of a room, esp when finished in a material different from the upper part
- fine quality oak used as wainscot
verb
- tr to line (a wall of a room) with a wainscot
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of wainscot1
Example Sentences
Named for its historic 1920s Chateauesque building, Castle is a treasure box of prewar charm: lattice windows, crown-molding, wainscot, Art Deco tile.
“Emma,†said she, “this paper is worse than I expected. Look! in places you see it is dreadfully dirty; and the wainscot is more yellow and forlorn than any thing I could have imagined.â€
A wainscot cap is very similar in application to the chair rail.
They could hear the wood splintering under his teeth—a sound like a mouse in a shed wainscot at midnight.
Werner glances around: a trunk, a box of linens, the pale blue of the walls and the rich white of the wainscot.
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