wainscot
Meaning of wainscot
noun
- an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of the walls of a room.
- a drab yellowish to brown-coloured European moth.
- line (a room or wall) with wooden panelling.
the interior was to be wainscotted to a height of 4 feet
round the wainscotted walls ran narrow benches
Middle English: from Middle Low German wagenschot, apparently from wagen ‘wagon’ + schot, probably meaning ‘partition’. wainscot (sense 2 of the noun) dates from the early 19th century.
Information about wainscot
- The plural form of wainscot is: wainscots.
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Hyphenation of wainscot
wain-scot
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- wainscot is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
wainscot synonyms
Meaning dado:
Meaning wainscoting:
Translation of wainscot
- German: Täfelung
- French: lambris
- Spanish: enmaderado
Words that rhyme with wainscot
Scot, scot, Ascot, Mascot, ascot, mascot, Penobscot, penobscot, Romescot, escot, churchscot, biscot, Squamscot, Pejepscot, lightscot, muscot
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