wainscots
- present tense form of wainscot (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Dirty painted wainscots may be cleaned with a sponge wetted in potato water, and dipped in a little fine sand.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
They broke all my wainscots, pulled up the flooring, and almost wrecked the house the last time they came; and I don’t suppose they will be less vigilant this time.”
From By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson by Rainey, W. (William)
The walls and wainscots were of red, glazed bricks to the height of a man, and were bordered by a row of flowered tiles.
From The Cabin [La barraca] by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente
Within, the finest sight is the grand old banqueting hall, with its gallery for minstrels, its Elizabethan oak-screen, and wainscots by Inigo Jones.
From Hertfordshire by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)
Tribunes, stairs and wainscots that formed a strange contrast with the rest of the edifice were added.
From Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg by Anonymous
