wainscotting

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UK/ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/

noun

Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.

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Meanings

nounwainscotting (usually uncountable, plural wainscottings)

plural wainscottings · alternative wainscoting

  1. uncountableusuallyWooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.

    The giggles got louder and ran around the corners of the room like rats behind the wainscotting.

    1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

    Synonyms: wainscot

verb

alternative wainscoting

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of wainscot

Synonyms & antonyms

nounWooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.

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wainscot

More synonyms by meaning

nouna wainscoted wall (or wainscoted walls collectively)

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Broader
wall

nounwooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room

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Broader
panel
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wainscot

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From wainscot + -ing. Attested since at least the 17th century.

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Translations

Bulgarian ламперия
  • ламперия (lamperija)Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls
Chinese Mandarin 護牆板 /护墙板
  • 護牆板 /护墙板 (hùqiángbǎn)Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls
Danish gulvpanel
  • gulvpanelWooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls
Dutch lambrisering
  • lambriseringWooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls
Finnish puinen puolipaneeli
  • puinen puolipaneeliWooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls
French lambris
  • lambrisWooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls
German Lambris
  • LambrisWooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls
Hungarian lambéria
  • lambériaWooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls
Russian стенны́е пане́ли
  • стенны́е пане́ли (stennýje panéli)Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls
Spanish revestimiento
  • revestimientoWooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls
Swedish träpanel
  • träpanelWooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls
Cite this entry
APA

wainscotting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wainscotting

MLA

“wainscotting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wainscotting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wainscotting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wainscotting.

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