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Grammar : Verb
Spell : weyn-skuh t, -skot, -skoht
Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪn skət, -skɒt, -skoʊt


Definition of wainscotted

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "imported oak of superior quality," probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Flemish waghenscote "superior quality oak wood, board used for paneling" (though neither of these is attested as early as the English word), related to Middle Low German wagenschot (late 14c.), from waghen (see wagon) + scote "partition, crossbar." So called perhaps because the wood originally was used for wagon building and coachwork. Meaning "panels lining the walls of rooms" is recorded from 1540s. Wainscoting is from 1570s.
  • As in line : verb put covering inside object
Example sentences :
  • As a rule, the walls of the hall would no doubt have been wainscotted.
  • Extract from : « English Monastic Life » by Abbot Gasquet
  • It is a large room and wainscotted with small oblong Panels.
  • Extract from : « Cambridge and its Story » by Charles William Stubbs
  • The wainscotted walls were reflected in the gleaming floors.
  • Extract from : « The Confounding of Camelia » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • Walls were wainscotted and had pictures or were hung with tapestry.
  • Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
  • The side wall is low and wainscotted with carved panelling on which hang weapons, shields, and coats of mail.
  • Extract from : « King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana » by Gordon Bottomley
  • Mr. Staples popped Clement into one wainscotted room, and left him there, but shut himself in with Felix.
  • Extract from : « The Pillars of the House, Vol. II (of 2) » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • It is wainscotted with coloured (knotted) wood, and carved in imitation of the ornamented dwelling of a Swiss family.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction » by Various
  • A lady of repute writes to a magazine that she once occupied for a season a wainscotted room in an old manor house.
  • Extract from : « The Angel and the Author - and Others » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • The lower part of the walls is wainscotted with dark wood inlaid in tarsiature.
  • Extract from : « Great Masters in Painting: Perugino » by George C. Williamson
  • Mrs. Oakshott sat in an arm-chair beside a large fire in a wainscotted room, with a folding-screen shutting off the window.
  • Extract from : « A Reputed Changeling » by Charlotte M. Yonge

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