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wainscoting

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wain·scot·ing or wain·scot·ting  (wnsk-tng, -sktng, -sktng)
n.
1. A wainscoted wall or walls; paneling.
2. Material, such as wood, used for wainscoting.
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Noun1.wainscoting - a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively)wainscoting - a wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively)
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 roomwainscoting - wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
panel - sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
Translations
wainscot(t)ing
nTäfelung f
wainscoting wainscotting [ˈweɪnskətɪŋ] nperlinatura


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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.
Eight mahogany chairs stood in a row against the white wainscoting.
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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