wainscot
noun
wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
wainscots
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present tense formof wainscot (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Most of these decorations, together with the carved wainscots, were taken to embellish Garswood Hall, near Ashton, a few miles distant, where the family resided after their removal.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby
I fear the noise made by my men, not to speak of the turning about of your chambers by taking up of boards and trying of wainscots, shall greatly incommode you if you tarry.”
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
The small rectangular plaques with which several cases and many drawers are filled in the British Museum may very well have been used for the decoration of doors, and the panels of ceilings and wainscots.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong
Interior woodwork of good design and workmanship everywhere greets the eye, especially noticeable features being the rounding cornices, heavy wainscots and the floors an inch and a half in thickness and doweled together.
From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins
They scuttled inside the walls, and squeaked behind the wainscots, and seemed to hold carnival at the back of the oak panelling, often disturbing the girls at night with the noise.
From The Manor House School by Arthur A. Dixon
