[…] 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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Wainscot
//ˈweɪnskɒt//
Synonyms for "wainscot" (53 found)
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Related words (26)
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18 translations across 14 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خَشَّبَ verb (to decorate a wall with a wainscot)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ламперия noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
- облицовам с ламперия verb (to decorate a wall with a wainscot)
Dutch
2 entries- lambrisering noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
- lambriseren verb (to decorate a wall with a wainscot)
Finnish
1 entries- puolipaneeli noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
Hungarian
2 entries- faburkolat noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
- lambéria noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
Icelandic
2 entries- brjóstpanill noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
- lágþiljur noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
Irish
1 entries- vuinsciú noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
Malagasy
1 entries- peta-drindrina noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
Middle English
1 entries- waynscot noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
Old Armenian
1 entries- տախտակամած noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تخته noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
Russian
1 entries- пане́ль noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
Spanish
1 entries- arrimadero noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
Tagalog
1 entries- arimadilyo noun (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Entering that gable-ended Spouter-Inn, you found yourself in a wide, low, straggling entry with old-fashioned wainscots, reminding one of the bulwarks of some condemned old craft.
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