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Wainscot

Wainscot Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Wainscot? [n] wooden panel used to line the walls of a room [n] panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest Synonyms \| Synonyms for Wainscot: dado \| wainscoting \| wainscotting Related Terms \| Find terms related to Wainscot: See Also \| panel \| wall Wainscot In Webster's Dictionary \Wain"scot\, n. [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. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family {Leucanid[ae]}. Note: They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larv[ae] feed on grasses and sedges. \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. Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged. --Bacon. The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison.

Wainscot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wainscot?

[n] wooden panel used to line the walls of a room
[n] panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest

Synonyms | Synonyms for Wainscot: dado | wainscoting | wainscotting

Related Terms | Find terms related to Wainscot:

See Also | panel | wall

Wainscot In Webster's Dictionary

\Wain"scot\, n. [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. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of European moths
   of the family {Leucanid[ae]}.

Note: They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with
      black and white. Their larv[ae] feed on grasses and
      sedges.


\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.

      Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than
      hanged.                                  --Bacon.

      The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison.

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