Wainscot definition

Wainscot

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WordNet

(1) Wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room

(2) Panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall

WiktionaryText

From , assumed to be from + , believed to mean “partition”.

An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.

The nounal sense of an area of oaken panelling:
- 1598: William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, scene 3
  
  …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.