English

Etymology
From Middle Low German wagenschot, assumed to be from wagen, wagon + schot, believed to mean partition.

Pronunciation
RP IPA|/�weɪnsk�t/

Noun
en-noun

1. An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room�s walls.

Synonyms
wainscotting italbrac|uncountable

Verb
en-verb|wainscott|ed

1. Decorate a wall with a wainscot.

Quotations

1. The nounal sense of an area of oaken panelling:

#* 1598: William Shakespeare, s:As You Like It|As You Like It, Act III, scene 3
#*:�this fellow will but join you together as they join wainscot; then one of you will prove a shrunk panel, and like green timber, warp, warp.

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