wainscoting
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9.0
- noun
- /ˈweɪnˌskɔtɪŋ/
:
paneles de madera
- The wainscoting in the bathroom provides both protection and a stylish design element.
- white wainscoting
- dark wainscoting
- oak wainscoting
Examples
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As we develop this part of the business, we will offer more products, such as wainscoting and baseboard moldings.
Academic text (2000) -
The marble along the walls is curiously stained here and there, as if leaks had sprung through the wainscoting, and the treads of the stairs are worn and uneven.
Fiction book (1990) -
Mahogany wainscoting in all the rooms.
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A glass candleholder broke against the wainscoting of her bedroom.
Fiction book (1997) -
Look at the wainscoting.
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A push broom leans against the wainscoting.
Academic text (2007) -
Toni liked the kitchen, which was spacious, with waxed green linoleum on the floor and wainscoting painted white.
Fiction book (1997) -
The sound of fingernails scraped the wainscoting behind the bamboo bookshelf.
Fiction book (1999) -
The pale green wainscoting beautifully imitated solemn veins of marble.
Fiction book (2000) -
The interior was like a luxurious drawing room, with gray-green wainscoting, a pale gray carpet, and an arched ceiling covered with green silk.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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3.5
Flat boards like wood fixed to a wall to cover or decorate it
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9.9
Wooden panels that cover the lower part of a wall to decorate or protect it
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6.7
Wooden panels for walls or ceilings with narrow vertical lines
Wooden panels that cover walls inside a room and often have carved patterns
A carved wooden pattern that looks like folded cloth
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wainscoting comes from the older word wainscot, which named fine wooden boards used to line walls and may be linked to wagon because those boards were once brought by wagon. So, wainscoting means the wooden 'boards' or panels on the lower part of a wall that protect and decorate it.