WAINSCOT

wainscot, wainscoting, wainscotting

(noun) wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room

wainscot, dado

(noun) panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

wainscot (plural wainscots)

(architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.

Any of various noctuid moths.

Synonyms

• panelling (uncountable)

Verb

wainscot (third-person singular simple present wainscots, present participle wainscotting, simple past and past participle wainscotted)

To decorate a wall with a wainscot.

Source: Wiktionary

Wain"scot, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.

3. 3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidæ.

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

Wain"scot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wainscoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wainscoting.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition