wain·scot /ˈwenskət, ˌskot, ˌskɑt/
壁板,腰板(vt.)裝上壁板
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.
Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged. --Bacon.
The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison.
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Wain·scot n.
1. Oaken timber or boarding. [Obs.]
A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree. --Urquhart.
Inclosed in a chest of wainscot. --J. Dart.
2. Arch. A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.
3. Zool. Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae.
Note: ☞ They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvae feed on grasses and sedges.
wainscot
n 1: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is
finished differently from the rest [syn: dado]
2: wooden panel used to line the walls of a room [syn: wainscoting,
wainscotting]