Category:Wainscot

Wain"scot, n. Etym: [od. waeghe-schot, d. wagen-schot, a clapboard, Fr. Od. waeg, weeg, a wall (akin to as. wah; cf. Icel. veggr) + schot A covering of boards (akin to e. shot, shoot).]

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.)

Defn: a wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.

3. 3. (zoöl.)

Defn: any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidæ.

Note: they are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvæ feed on grasses and sedges.

Wainscot Wain"scot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wainscoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wainscoting.]

Defn: 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.