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Antonyms for wainscotting

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

Definition of wainscotting

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 :
  • The walls of the room have a 3-inch baseboard, but no wainscotting.
  • Extract from : « The Fairfax County Courthouse » by Ross D. Netherton
  • Mr. Parsons in vain took down the wainscotting, to see whether some mischievous neighbour produced the sounds.
  • Extract from : « Cock Lane and Common-Sense » by Andrew Lang
  • Wainscotting with compartments rise to the sills of the windows, and is continued to the high pace.
  • Extract from : « Chelsea » by George Bryan
  • The inner seats for these were often part of the wainscotting, and in any case there would be no passage behind them.
  • Extract from : « Brief Lives (Vol. 2 of 2) » by John Aubrey
  • You may as well go down to the kitchen for a pail of hot water and begin with the wainscotting in the hall.'
  • Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
  • The mantelpiece was wooden, and the chimney corner decorated with shelves painted like wainscotting and doors.
  • Extract from : « The Quiver, Annual Volume 10/1899 » by Various
  • They accordingly returned to the corridor, where they set to work once more to over-haul the wainscotting.
  • Extract from : « The Childerbridge Mystery » by Guy Boothby
  • Every panel of the wainscotting seemed as hollow as its fellow—each projection as firmly secured.
  • Extract from : « The Childerbridge Mystery » by Guy Boothby
  • Above the wainscotting, the walls and ceiling are finished in plain plaster with walls painted mauve and the ceiling white.
  • Extract from : « The Fairfax County Courthouse » by Ross D. Netherton
  • At the same time the wainscotting painted in 1580 with inscriptions and heraldry was cleared away and replaced with cement.
  • Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: The Churches of Coventry » by Frederic W. Woodhouse

Synonyms for wainscotting

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