Definitions for wainscotˈweɪn skət, -skɒt, -skoʊt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wain•scotˈweɪn skət, -skɒt, -skoʊt(n.; v.)-scot•ed, -scot•ing; -scot•ted, -scot•ting.
(n.)a lining, esp. of wood paneling, for covering interior walls or often only the lower portion of the walls.
Category: Architecture, Building Trades
the dado of an interior wall esp. when finished with wood paneling.
Category: Architecture, Building Trades
Brit. oak of superior quality imported for fine woodwork.
Category: Building Trades, British
(v.t.)to line the walls of with wainscoting.
Category: Building Trades
Origin of wainscot:
1325–75; ME < MLG or MD wagenschot, appar. =wagenwain+schot planking
Princeton's WordNet
wainscot, dado(noun)
panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
wainscot, wainscoting, wainscotting(noun)
wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
Wiktionary
wainscot(Noun)
An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a roomu2019s walls.
wainscot(Verb)
To decorate a wall with a wainscot.
Origin: From wagenschot, assumed to be from wagen + schot, believed to mean “partition”.
Webster Dictionary
Wainscot(noun)
oaken timber or boarding
Wainscot(noun)
a wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels
Wainscot(noun)
any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae
Wainscot(verb)
to line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall
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