Wainscot

Definition

wainscot /'weÇnskǝt/ n ( arch ) = skirting-board

Examples

1. ‘The dry rot has now entered the wainscot surrounding the lower part of the ground floor walls.’
2. ‘Using historic photographs and sampling of paint layers
3. TLCD restored or reconstructed the original finishes
4. colors
5. and wainscot.’
6. ‘The floor was laid in blue slate
7. the walls done in oak wainscot beneath swirled plaster painted a desert sand color.’
8. ‘A pine staircase leads up to the bedrooms
9. the largest of which has a red deal floor as well as a timber wainscot.’
10. ‘Old fir flooring
11. recovered from a demolished building
12. finds new life as wainscot in the Ecotrust Building
13. Portland
14. Oregon.’
15. ‘There are several Wainscot moths which can be quite tricky to identify in isolation.’
16. ‘Several rare or scarce species have been identified
17. one of which
18. the Brown-veined Wainscot was a new species for the county.’
19. ‘His ‘untimely death’ occurred while he was away from his wainscoted offices on a periodic visit to a resort near the Matterhorn.’
20. ‘Add elegant age to modern bathrooms by wainscoting the lower third of the wall areas in tongue-and-groove timber slats or boards.’
21. ‘She eyed at the grandfather clock
22. which would have been a wonderful corner piece had it been in a wainscoted library
23. but was grossly out of place in a bare living room decorated by light wood accents.’
24. ‘For example
25. the broad wainscoted side hall terminates in a staircase that rises to a landing and then turns ninety degrees in a manner similar to that at Mulberry Hill.’
26. ‘Italian marble wainscoted the walls to a height of five feet.’