wainscot

wainscot
wainscot [wān′skät΄, wān′skət]
n.
[ME waynescote < MDu wagenschot, wainscot, as if < wagen (see WAIN), but prob. < base akin to OS weg, OE wag, wall, orig. woven work (< IE base * wei- > WITHE) + schot, a board, pale, prob. < or akin to Frank * skot-, a sprout: for IE base see SHOOT]
1. a wood lining or paneling on the walls of a room; sometimes, specif., such a paneling on the lower part of the walls only
2.
a) the lower part of the walls of a room when having a finish different from the upper
b) any applied finish, as tile, linoleum, etc., on a wall
3. Brit. a fine imported oak used for interior paneling
vt.
wainscoted or wainscotted, wainscoting or wainscotting
to line (a wall, etc.) with wainscoting

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  • Wainscot — Wain scot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wainscoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wainscoting}.] To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall. [1913 Webster] Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged. Bacon. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • wainscot — 1. noun /ˈweɪnskɒt/ An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls. …this fellow will but join you together as they join wainscot; then one of you will prove a shrunk panel, and like green timber, warp, warp.… …   Wiktionary

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