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wainscot

[ weyn-skuht, -skot, -skoht ]

noun

  1. wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
  2. the lining itself, especially as covering the lower portion of a wall.
  3. a dado, especially of wood, lining an interior wall.
  4. British. oak of superior quality and cut, imported from the Baltic countries for fine woodwork.


verb (used with object)

wainscoted, wainscoting or (especially British) wainscotted, wainscotting.
  1. to line the walls of (a room, hallway, etc.) with or as if with woodwork:

    a room wainscoted in oak.

wainscot

/ 藞飞别瑟苍蝉办蓹迟 /

noun

  1. Also calledwainscotingwainscotting a lining applied to the walls of a room, esp one of wood panelling
  2. the lower part of the walls of a room, esp when finished in a material different from the upper part
  3. fine quality oak used as wainscot
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to line (a wall of a room) with a wainscot
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wainscot1

1325鈥75; Middle English < Middle Low German or Middle Dutch wagenschot, equivalent to wagen wain + schot (< ?)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of wainscot1

C14: from Middle Low German wagenschot, perhaps from wagen wagon + schot planking, related to German Scheit piece of wood
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Named for its historic 1920s Chateauesque building, Castle is a treasure box of prewar charm: lattice windows, crown-molding, wainscot, Art Deco tile.

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鈥淓mma,鈥 said she, 鈥渢his 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.鈥

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A wainscot cap is very similar in application to the chair rail.

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They could hear the wood splintering under his teeth鈥攁 sound like a mouse in a shed wainscot at midnight.

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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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