Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wainscoting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wainscot \Wain"scot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wainscoted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Wainscoting}.]
To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork;
as, to wainscot a hall.
Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than
hanged. --Bacon.
The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wainscoting \Wain"scot*ing\, n.
1. The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in
panel.
2. The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as
a whole; panelwork.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wainscoting
n : wooden panel used to line the walls of a room [syn: {wainscot},
{wainscotting}]
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