Definition of "wainscoted" []

• Alternative spelling of wainscotted. (adjective)
• Alternative spelling of wainscotted. (verb)

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• "Compare a similar repetition in 1Sa 25: 24; Zec 7: 5. ceiled -- rather, "wainscoted," or "paneled," referring to the walls as well as the ceilings; furnished not only with comfort but luxury, in sad contrast to God's house not merely unadorned, but the very walls not raised above the foundations."
• "But what the evening as a whole offers is a dual portrait of the sadness beneath the wainscoted traditions of public-school life."
• "Tom Seymour had her backed up against the wainscoted wall, one hand flat against the surface on either side of her shoulders."