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Wainscotting

//ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls. uncountable, usually

    "The giggles got louder and ran around the corners of the room like rats behind the wainscotting."

  2. 2
    wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room wordnet
  3. 3
    a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of wainscot form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From wainscot + -ing. Attested since at least the 17th century.

Etymology 2

From wainscot + -ing. Attested since at least the 17th century.

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