Wainscot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈweɪnskɒt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wainscot is a noun meaning (architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
Meaning
(architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
More Meanings
- Any of various noctuid moths.
- To decorate a wall with a wainscot.
Example Sentences
[…] 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.
Entering that gable-ended Spouter-Inn, you found yourself in a wide, low, straggling entry with old-fashioned wainscots, reminding one of the bulwarks of some condemned old craft.
Word Forms
- wainscots
- wainscoting
- wainscotting
- wainscoted
- wainscotted
Synonyms for wainscot
Depending on context, synonyms include panelling, wainscoting, wainscotting, dado.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dado, ceil, washboard, wair, woodscape, wane.
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