wainscot
Meanings
noun
- An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
- Any of various noctuid moths.
verb
- To decorate a wall with a wainscot.
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Etymology
From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot or Middle Dutch waghenscote, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) (from Old Saxon wagan) + schot, meaning “partition, crossbar," which is from or related to skiotan (“to shoot”).
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