单词 | wainscoted |
释义 | > as lemmasˈwainscoted ˈwainscoted adj. (also ˈwainscotted) in quot. 1602 transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [adjective] > wood-panelled ceiled1539 wainscot1575 wainscoted1602 1602 F. Herring tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition I This lost Companion [a quack], hauing a Foxes Head and an whorish and wainscotted Face. 1605 P. Erondelle French Garden N 2 b God grant me alwaies the key of the fieldes, I would like it better, then to be in bondage in the fayrest wainscotted or tapistred Chamber. 1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 40 Solomon and others..did build their Magnificent Houses,..and Wain-scotted Rooms therewith [Cedar]. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. viii. 98 The apartment of Colonel Talbot..was divided from his own by a wainscotted partition. View more context for this quotation 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iv. 25 The little wainscotted back parlour. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xiii. 153 They were taken..into a wainscoted parlour. < as lemmas |
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