Definition of "wainscotings" [wainscotings]

• Plural form of wainscoting. (noun)

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• "Our aesthetic interest, accustomed to perking up before autonomous works of art that are usually framed and on canvas, often flags before the spallieras and the cassone panels that figure so prominently in this show, images originally intended to adorn the chests and wainscotings of bridal chambers."
• "The rooms throughout were low, and for the most part long and narrow, with large wide fireplaces and deep wainscotings."
• "I was ushered into an upper room, whose teak wainscotings, covered with Cufic and other inscriptions, large carpets, and ample Diwans, still showed a sort of ragged splendour."