wainscotingn.

/ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/

Forms: Also wainscotting.

Etymology: < wainscot v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action or process of lining a room, its walls, etc. with wainscot; also concrete, panelling of wainscot; also, wainscots collectively.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > cladding with boards or panels

weatherboarding1515

wainscoting1580

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [noun] > wooden panelling

ceilingc1380

wainscot1548

wainscoting1580

wainscotage1677

boiserie1832

board-lining1879

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [noun] > wooden panelling > collectively

wainscoting1682

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Lambris, a seeling, wanscotting.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Lambrissage, a wainscotting, or seeling; also, an embowing, or frettizing in wainscot.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 870 He..bestowed 100. markes vpon wainscotting of the Library there.

1682 Bp. G. Burnet Life Hale 39 He laid by all his Collections.., and that they might not fall into ill hands, he hid them behind the Wainscotting of his Study.

1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xix. 313 He must sink perhaps a third part, nay, a half part of his stock, in painting and gilding, wainscoting and glazing.

1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. iii. §8. 97 Their carved wainscottings of wood heightened with painting and gilting.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 178 An old quaint-looking apartment, with sunken windows, and black carved wainscotting.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. i. 1 The afternoon sun was warm on the five workmen there, busy upon doors and window-frames and wainscoting.

1869 ‘L. Carroll’ Phantasmagoria 37 But after twenty years or so The wainscotings begin to go.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	wainscoting
释义	wainscotingn. /ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/ Forms: Also wainscotting. Etymology: < wainscot v. + -ing suffix¹. The action or process of lining a room, its walls, etc. with wainscot; also concrete, panelling of wainscot; also, wainscots collectively. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > cladding with boards or panels weatherboarding1515 wainscoting1580 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [noun] > wooden panelling ceilingc1380 wainscot1548 wainscoting1580 wainscotage1677 boiserie1832 board-lining1879 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > wallcovering > [noun] > wooden panelling > collectively wainscoting1682 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Lambris, a seeling, wanscotting. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Lambrissage, a wainscotting, or seeling; also, an embowing, or frettizing in wainscot. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 870 He..bestowed 100. markes vpon wainscotting of the Library there. 1682 Bp. G. Burnet Life Hale 39 He laid by all his Collections.., and that they might not fall into ill hands, he hid them behind the Wainscotting of his Study. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xix. 313 He must sink perhaps a third part, nay, a half part of his stock, in painting and gilding, wainscoting and glazing. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. iii. §8. 97 Their carved wainscottings of wood heightened with painting and gilting. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 178 An old quaint-looking apartment, with sunken windows, and black carved wainscotting. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. i. 1 The afternoon sun was warm on the five workmen there, busy upon doors and window-frames and wainscoting. 1869 ‘L. Carroll’ Phantasmagoria 37 But after twenty years or so The wainscotings begin to go. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1580
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