wainscot

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈweɪnskɒt/

Noun

wainscot (plural wainscots)

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

Synonyms

• wainscotting (uncountable)

Verb

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

1. To decorate a wall with a wainscot.