wain·scot·ing

or wain·scot·ting (wān′skə-tĭng, -skŏt′ĭng, -skō′tĭng)

1. A wainscoted wall or walls; paneling.

2. Material, such as wood, used for wainscoting.

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wain•scot•ing

(ˈweɪn skoʊ tɪŋ, -skɒt ɪŋ, -skə tɪŋ)

n.

1. paneling or woodwork with which rooms, hallways, etc., are wainscoted.

2. wainscots collectively.

Also, esp. Brit.,wain′scot•ting.

[1570–80]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	wainscoting - a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively) wainscotting wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
	2.	wainscoting - wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room wainscot, wainscotting panel - sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something

Translations

wainscot(t)ing

n → Täfelung f

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wainscoting

wainscotting [ˈweɪnskətɪŋ] n → perlinatura

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A SILKEN-EARED Spaniel, who traced his descent from King Charles the Second of England, chanced to look into a mirror which was leaning against the wainscoting of a room on the ground floor of his mistress's house.

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Eight mahogany chairs stood in a row against the white wainscoting. An old piano, standing beneath a barometer, was covered with a pyramid of old books and boxes.

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The rooms on the two lower floors were imposing and spacious; with ceilings of great height, gilded wainscoting and various quaint little medallion pictures of shepherds and shepherdesses, and other fancies of the time of Madame de Sevigne.

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Raoul, first disengaged, tore the burning wainscoting down, and threw it flaming into the chamber.

"Ah, ah!" said he, "it gets warm." Then, turning to his companion: "There is the signal," added he; and he immediately applied the burning brand to the wainscoting. Now, this cabaret of the Image-de-Notre-Dame was not a very newly-built house, and therefore did not require much entreating to take fire.

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A mouse ran scuffling behind the wainscoting. There was a damp odour of mildew.

He unlocked a secret press that was in the wainscoting, a press in which he kept his own curious disguises, and put them into it.

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Jim the Cab-horse found himself in possession of a large room with a green marble floor and carved marble wainscoting, which was so stately in its appearance that it would have awed anyone else.

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"I wish you could see the wainscoting in that drawing-room, Joe!

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Imagine a gracious Craftsman house, turn-of-the-century floral wallpaper and wainscoting proudly intact.

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"My motto is 'Pretty things taste better." Sweet Love's 1,500-SF store, located at 8210 Cantrell Road, features white wainscoting, light pink paint, stained wood countertops and a row of bistro tables for seating.

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