wainscot
noun
wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
wainscotted
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past participleof wainscot.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof wainscot.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
wainscotnounwood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
Example Sentences
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With a globe on his desk and roll-down maps on the wall of his elegantly wainscotted office, he could be found high in the iconic Chrysler Building in the heart of New York City.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2016
In the flagged and wainscotted parlour of the village inn a child brought us bread and cheese and froth-crested mugs of beer.
From A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions by Bartimeus
The walls were wainscotted to the ceiling with ancient oak, so that though the north light entered at four high windows the room seemed dark.
From Amabel Channice by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
They went into the brown parlour of the inn, the cheerful, wainscotted parlour, where Branwell had so often lorded it over his boon companions from his great three-cornered chair.
From Emily Brontë by A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson
It was still the same homely, green, wainscotted room, with high, narrow windows looking on to the terrace.
From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Rosa Nouchette Carey
