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wainscotted

Variant of wainscot

noun

  1. a wood lining or paneling on the walls of a room; sometimes, specif., such a paneling on the lower part of the walls only
    1. the lower part of the walls of a room when having a finish different from the upper
    2. any applied finish, as tile, linoleum, etc., on a wall
  2. Brit. a fine imported oak used for interior paneling

transitive verb wainscoted or wainscotted, wainscoting or wainscotting

to line (a wall, etc.) with wainscoting

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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