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• Wainscot (disambiguation) — Wainscot is a panelling style applied to the lower 900mm to 1500mm of an interior wall.Wainscot may also refer to: *Moths: ** Common Wainscot, a moth that is very pale ** Shoulder striped Wainscot, a moth that has a thick black basal streak **… …   Wikipedia

• Wainscot (fiction) — Wainscot is an academic term used in English literature studies, first coined by The Encyclopedia of Fantasy in 1997. [cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1 107896944.html| title= Wizards and wainscots: generic structures and genre… …   Wikipedia

• Wainscot — Wain scot, n. [OD. waeghe schot, D. wagen schot, a clapboard, fr. OD. waeg, weeg, a wall (akin to AS. wah; cf. Icel. veggr) + schot a covering of boards (akin to E. shot, shoot).] [1913 Webster] 1. Oaken timber or boarding. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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. [1913 Webster] Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged. Bacon. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wainscot — [wān′skät΄, wān′skət] n. [ME waynescote < MDu wagenschot, wainscot, as if < wagen (see WAIN), but prob. < base akin to OS weg, OE wag, wall, orig. woven work (< IE base * wei > WITHE) + schot, a board, pale, prob. < or akin to… …   English World dictionary

• wainscot — (n.) mid 14c., imported oak of superior quality, probably from M.Du. or M.Flem. waghenscote superior quality oak wood, board used for paneling (though neither of these is attested as early as the English word), related to M.L.G. wagenschot (late… …   Etymology dictionary

• wainscot — meaning ‘panelling on the lower part of a wall near the floor’, has derivative forms wainscoted, wainscoting (one t in each) …   Modern English usage

• wainscot — ► NOUN ▪ an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of the walls of a room. ► VERB (wainscoted, wainscoting or wainscotted, wainscotting) ▪ line (a room or wall) with wooden panelling. DERIVATIVES wainscoting (also …   English terms dictionary

• wainscot — /wayn skeuht, skot, skoht/, n., v., wainscoted, wainscoting or (esp. Brit.) wainscotted, wainscotting. n. 1. wood, esp. oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls. 2. the lining itself, esp. as covering the lower portion… …   Universalium

• wainscot chair — Eng. Furniture. an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back. * * * ▪ furniture also called  panel chair  or  joined chair        chair, usually made of oak, and named for the fine grade of oak usually used for… …   Universalium

• wainscot — 1. noun /ˈweɪnskɒt/ An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls. …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.… …   Wiktionary