wainscots

1. an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of the walls of a room.
2. a drab yellowish to brown-coloured European moth.

1. 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.