wainscoting

[ weyn-skoh-ting, -skot-ing, -skuh-ting ]

/ ˈweɪn skoʊ tɪŋ, -skɒt ɪŋ, -skə tɪŋ /

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noun

paneling or woodwork with which rooms, hallways, etc., are wainscoted.

wainscots collectively.

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Also especially British, wain·scot·ting

[weyn-skuh-ting, -skot-ing]. /ˈweɪn skə tɪŋ, -skɒt ɪŋ/.

Origin of wainscoting

First recorded in 1570–80; wainscot + -ing¹

Words nearby wainscoting

wailsome, Wailuku, wain, wainscot, wainscot chair, wainscoting, wainwright, Waipahu, wairsh, wairua, WAIS

How to use wainscoting in a sentence

For example, “If you're standing, it's the direction you should look to check out the wainscoting.”
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He had only reached the dining room of the Leete house, which he was explaining had a white wainscoting when she interrupted him.
The Amazing Interlude|Mary Roberts Rinehart
Limestone walls conduct more heat in and out than an equal thickness of glass, bricks, plastering, and wainscoting.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
David experienced such a violent commotion of feeling that he was obliged to lean against the wainscoting.
The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence|Eugne Sue

It is the background for the furniture, and should be deeper than the dado or wainscoting.
Color Value|C. R. Clifford
Beam ceiling, wainscoting and floor were all of precisely the same shade and quality of dark oak.
Marjorie Dean College Freshman|Pauline Lester

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