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 Definitions of wainscot  [ˈweɪn skət, -skɒt, -skoʊt]  

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Definition of 'wainscot' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) wainscot
a lining, esp. of wood paneling, for covering interior walls or often only the lower portion of the walls.

2.  wainscot
the dado of an interior wall esp. when finished with wood paneling.

3.  wainscot
Brit. oak of superior quality imported for fine woodwork.

4. (v.t.) wainscot
to line the walls of with wainscoting.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME < MLG or MD wagenschot, appar. =wagenwain+schot planking)

Definition of 'wainscot' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) wainscot, dado
panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall

2. (noun) wainscot, wainscoting, wainscotting
wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room


Definition of 'wainscot' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) wainscot
oaken timber or boarding

2. (noun) wainscot
a wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels

3. (noun) wainscot
any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae

4. (verb) wainscot
to line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall



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