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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.Ìýoak 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
/ ˈ·É±ðɪ²Ô²õ°ìÉ™³Ù /
noun
Also called: wainscoting.Ìý wainscotting.Ìýa 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
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- unwainscoted adjective
- unwainscotted adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï 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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