What does wainscoting mean?
Wainscoting means Alternative spelling of wainscotting..
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/ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/ · noun
Alternative spelling of wainscotting..
The floor, the wainscoting, were of mahogany—the walls were hung with the finest tapestry—and there were occasional spaces in which large mirrors had been set: but the mahogany was rough and discoloured, the tapestry rent and faded, and the mirrors either wholly gone, and their places filled by matting, or by fragments smashed and shivered in every direction.
Use wainscoting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wainscoting means Alternative spelling of wainscotting..
Common synonyms include wainscot, wainscotting.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The floor, the wainscoting, were of mahogany—the walls were hung with the finest tapestry—and there were occasional spaces in which large mirrors had been set: but the mahogany was rough and discoloured, the tapestry rent and faded, and the mirrors either wholly gone, and their places filled by matting, or by fragments smashed and shivered in every direction.
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