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Definition of "wainscot" []

  • A facing or paneling, usually of wood, applied to the walls of a room. (noun)
  • The lower part of an interior wall when finished in a material different from that of the upper part. (noun)
  • To line or panel (a room or wall) with wainscoting. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wainscot" in a sentence
  • "Whether we may not, for the same use, manufacture divers things at home of more beauty and variety than wainscot, which is imported at such expense from Norway?"
  • "The wainscot could be a wallpaper, like Lincrusta, or it could be wood."
  • "This feeling is very strong in many apartment houses where small rooms are overburdened by this kind of wainscot, and to make matters worse, the top is used as a plate-rail."