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Antonyms for wainscoted

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

Definition of wainscoted

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 lined : adj interlined
  • As in line : verb put covering inside object
Example sentences :
  • The sides of the hall are wainscoted to the height of six feet with small panels.
  • Extract from : « Convenient Houses » by Louis Henry Gibson
  • The ground floor corridor is wainscoted in rosy-tan Montana travertine.
  • Extract from : « North Dakota » by Various
  • In the main floor vestibule, wainscoted in marble, is a series of murals by Clell.
  • Extract from : « North Dakota » by Various
  • It is a wainscoted room with two windows looking on the Square.
  • Extract from : « The Ivory Gate, a new edition » by Walter Besant
  • They passed through the corridor and entered the wainscoted salon.
  • Extract from : « Robert Tournay » by William Sage
  • The walls were wainscoted with arabesques and lines in gold.
  • Extract from : « Within an Inch of His Life » by Emile Gaboriau
  • It was wainscoted with ebony, and the furniture was of the same.
  • Extract from : « The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales » by Richard Garnett
  • It was a wainscoted room, but a white mildew stained the panels.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Silas » by J. S. LeFanu
  • The walls could be paneled in some rooms, wainscoted in others, and papered in others.
  • Extract from : « Furnishing the Home of Good Taste » by Lucy Abbot Throop
  • The tavern-room is low-ceilinged and wainscoted with dark woodwork.
  • Extract from : « Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People » by Constance D'Arcy Mackay

Synonyms for wainscoted

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