'Wainscoting' definitions:
Definition of 'wainscoting'
From: WordNet
noun
A wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) [syn: wainscoting, wainscotting]
noun
Wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room [syn: wainscot, wainscoting, wainscotting]
Definition of 'Wainscoting'
From: GCIDE
- 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 Webster]
- The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wainscoting'
From: GCIDE
- Wainscoting \Wain"scot*ing\, n.
- 1. The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as a whole; panelwork. [1913 Webster]