英语词汇“wainscot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	wainscot
释义	Trends of wainscot View usage for: wainscot in British English (ˈweɪnskət) noun 1. Also called: wainscoting, wainscotting a lining applied to the walls of a room, esp one of wood panelling 2. the lower part of the walls of a room, esp when finished in a material different from the upper part 3. fine-quality oak used as wainscot verb 4. (transitive) to line (a wall of a room) with a wainscot Word origin C14: from Middle Low German wagenschot, perhaps from wagen wagon + schot planking, related to German Scheit piece of wood wainscot in American English (ˈweɪnˌskɑt; ˈweɪnskət) noun 1. a wood lining or paneling on the walls of a room; sometimes, specif., such a paneling on the lower part of the walls only 2. a. the lower part of the walls of a room when having a finish different from the upper b. any applied finish, as tile, linoleum, etc., on a wall 3. British a fine imported oak used for interior paneling verb transitiveWord forms: ˈwainˌscoted or ˈwainˌscotted, ˈwainˌscoting or ˈwainˌscotting 4. to line (a wall, etc.) with wainscoting Word origin ME waynescote < MDu wagenschot, wainscot, as if < wagen (see wain), but prob. < base akin to OS weg, OE wag, wall, orig. woven work (< IE base wei- > withe) + schot, a board, pale, prob. < or akin to Frank skot-, a sprout: for IE base see shoot Examples of 'wainscot' in a sentence wainscot Grisham and the staff have been very thorough--- they even checked the wainscot for hidden panels. Stephanie Laurens A RAKE'S VOW (2001)
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