wainscot
noun
wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
were wainscoting
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past progressiveof wainscot.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The sides of the car were wainscoting of plain surface done in a Flemish stain rubbed down to a dull finish.
From The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after by Edward William Bok
