wainscotting

English

Alternative forms

• wainscoting

Etymology

wainscot +‎ -ing. Attested since at least the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/

Noun

wainscotting (usually uncountable, plural wainscottings)

1. Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep:

     The giggles got louder and ran around the corners of the room like rats behind the wainscotting.

Synonyms

• wainscot (countable)

Translations

Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls

• Bulgarian: ламперия f (lamperija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 護牆板／护墙板 (zh) (hùqiángbǎn)

• Danish: gulvpanel n
• Dutch: lambrisering (nl) f
• Finnish: puinen puolipaneeli
• French: lambris (fr) m
• German: Lambris (de) f
• Hungarian: lambéria (hu)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: стенны́е пане́ли f pl (stennýje panéli)
• Spanish: revestimiento (es) m
• Swedish: träpanel (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: బల్లకూర్పు (te) (ballakūrpu)

Verb

wainscotting

1. present participle and gerund of wainscot