wainscot

Etymology

From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) + schot, believed to mean “partition”.

noun

  1. (architecture) 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. 1598, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act 3, scene 3
  2. Any of various noctuid moths.

verb

  1. To decorate a wall with a wainscot.

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