Meanings
alternative wainscoted
- not comparableHaving a wainscot.
Every room in the house is panelled, wainscotted, chair-railed, and detailed with some traditional country-themed wood detail.
2015 November 3, Sarah Richardson, “Paisley Acres”, in At Home: Sarah Style, Toronto, Ont.: Simon & Schuster Canada, →ISBN, page 1891 more example
Well, the Miss Willises took a lease of the house; it was fresh painted and papered from top to bottom: the paint inside was all wainscoted; the marble all cleaned; […]
1835 June 18, “Boz” [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “The Parish”, in Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life, and Every-day People. […], volume I, London: John Macrone, […], published 1836, →OCLC, chapter III (The Four Sisters), page 25
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