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Definition of wainscot in English: wainscotnounPlural wainscots ˈweɪnskɒtˈweɪnskət 1in singular An area of wooden panelling on the lower part of the walls of a room. Example sentencesExamples - The dry rot has now entered the wainscot surrounding the lower part of the ground floor walls.
- Old fir flooring, recovered from a demolished building, finds new life as wainscot in the Ecotrust Building, Portland, Oregon.
- A pine staircase leads up to the bedrooms, the largest of which has a red deal floor as well as a timber wainscot.
- Using historic photographs and sampling of paint layers, TLCD restored or reconstructed the original finishes, colors, and wainscot.
- The floor was laid in blue slate, the walls done in oak wainscot beneath swirled plaster painted a desert sand color.
- 1.1British historical mass noun Imported oak of fine quality, used mainly to make panelling.
2A drab yellowish to brown-coloured European moth. Mythimna and other genera, family Noctuidae: several species Example sentencesExamples - There are several Wainscot moths which can be quite tricky to identify in isolation.
- Several rare or scarce species have been identified, one of which, the Brown-veined Wainscot was a new species for the county.
verbwainscoting, wainscotted, wainscoted, wainscotting, wainscots ˈweɪnskɒtˈweɪnskət [with object]Line (a room or wall) with wooden panelling. the interior was to be wainscotted to a height of 4 feet round the wainscotted walls ran narrow benches Example sentencesExamples - His ‘untimely death’ occurred while he was away from his wainscoted offices on a periodic visit to a resort near the Matterhorn.
- She eyed at the grandfather clock, which would have been a wonderful corner piece had it been in a wainscoted library, but was grossly out of place in a bare living room decorated by light wood accents.
- Italian marble wainscoted the walls to a height of five feet.
- For example, the broad wainscoted side hall terminates in a staircase that rises to a landing and then turns ninety degrees in a manner similar to that at Mulberry Hill.
- Add elegant age to modern bathrooms by wainscoting the lower third of the wall areas in tongue-and-groove timber slats or boards.
Origin Middle English: from Middle Low German wagenschot, apparently from wagen 'wagon' + schot, probably meaning 'partition'. sense 2 of the noun dates from the early 19th century. Definition of wainscot in US English: wainscotnoun 1An area of wooden paneling on the lower part of the walls of a room. Example sentencesExamples - Using historic photographs and sampling of paint layers, TLCD restored or reconstructed the original finishes, colors, and wainscot.
- A pine staircase leads up to the bedrooms, the largest of which has a red deal floor as well as a timber wainscot.
- The dry rot has now entered the wainscot surrounding the lower part of the ground floor walls.
- The floor was laid in blue slate, the walls done in oak wainscot beneath swirled plaster painted a desert sand color.
- Old fir flooring, recovered from a demolished building, finds new life as wainscot in the Ecotrust Building, Portland, Oregon.
- 1.1British historical Imported oak of fine quality, used mainly to make paneling.
verb [with object]Line (a room or wall) with wooden paneling. the interior was to be wainscotted to a height of 4 feet round the wainscotted walls ran narrow benches Example sentencesExamples - For example, the broad wainscoted side hall terminates in a staircase that rises to a landing and then turns ninety degrees in a manner similar to that at Mulberry Hill.
- Add elegant age to modern bathrooms by wainscoting the lower third of the wall areas in tongue-and-groove timber slats or boards.
- She eyed at the grandfather clock, which would have been a wonderful corner piece had it been in a wainscoted library, but was grossly out of place in a bare living room decorated by light wood accents.
- His ‘untimely death’ occurred while he was away from his wainscoted offices on a periodic visit to a resort near the Matterhorn.
- Italian marble wainscoted the walls to a height of five feet.
Origin Middle English: from Middle Low German wagenschot, apparently from wagen ‘wagon’ + schot, probably meaning ‘partition’. wainscot (sense 2 of the noun) dates from the early 19th century. |