[syn: wainscot, wainscoting, wainscotting]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wainscot \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.
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Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than
hanged. --Bacon.
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The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wainscoting \Wain"scot*ing\, n.
1. The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in
panel.
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2. The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as
a whole; panelwork.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wainscoting
n 1: a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) [syn:
wainscoting, wainscotting]
2: wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
[syn: wainscot, wainscoting, wainscotting]