wainscot

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.4 Verb 1.5 Quotations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Low German wagenschot, assumed to be from wagen (“‘wagon’”) + schot, believed to mean “partition”.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈweɪnskɒt/

[edit] Noun

wainscot (plural wainscots)

1. An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.

[edit] Synonyms

• wainscotting (uncountable)

[edit] Verb

to wainscot (third-person singular simple present wainscots, present participle wainscotting, simple past and past participle wainscotted)

1. Decorate a wall with a wainscot.

[edit] Quotations

• The nounal sense of an area of oaken panelling:
  • 1598: William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, scene 3

    …this fellow will but join you together as they join wainscot; then one of you will prove a shrunk panel, and like green timber, warp, warp.