WAINSCOTED

paneled, wainscoted

(adjective) fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

wainscoted (not comparable)

Alternative spelling of wainscotted

Verb

wainscoted

Alternative spelling of wainscotted

Source: Wiktionary

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WAINSCOT

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

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