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Webster 1913 Edition
Wainscot
Wain′scot
,Noun.
[OD.
waeghe-schot
, D. wagen-schot
, a clapboard, fr. OD. waeg
, weeg
, a wall (akin to AS. wah
; cf. Icel. veggr
) + schot
a covering of boards (akin to E. shot
, shoot
).] 1.
Oaken timber or boarding.
[Obs.]
A wedge
wainscot
is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree. Urquhart.
Inclosed in a chest of
wainscot
. J. Dart.
2.
(Arch.)
A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.
3.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family
Leucanidae
. ☞ They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvae feed on grasses and sedges.
Wain′scot
,Verb.
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 hallMusic soundeth better in chambers
wainscoted
than hanged. Bacon.
The other is
wainscoted
with looking-glass. Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wainscot
WAINSCOT
,Noun.
WAINSCOT
,Verb.
T.
1.
To line with boards; as, to wainscot a hall.Music sounds better in chambers wainscoted than hanged.
2.
To line with different materials.The other is wainscoted with looking-glass.
Definition 2025
wainscot
wainscot
English
Noun
wainscot (plural wainscots)
- An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
- 1598: William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, scene 3
- …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.
- 1598: William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, scene 3
Synonyms
- wainscotting (uncountable)
Translations
an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls
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Verb
wainscot (third-person singular simple present wainscots, present participle wainscotting, simple past and past participle wainscotted)
- To decorate a wall with a wainscot.
Translations
to decorate a wall with a wainscot
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