wainscot

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   paneling, traditionally wooden, covering the lower part of an interior wall

   Dark oak wainscot lined the dining room below the plaster.

2. 2
   verb

   to line or panel a wall, room, or surface with boards

   The settlers used split timber to wainscot the earthen ceiling.

Simplified etymology

Wainscot comes through Middle English from Middle Low German wagenschot, apparently formed from wagen “wagon” and schot, probably meaning “partition.”

From Middle English waynscot, borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wagenschot, a term for high-quality oak boards and paneling. English first named the material and then the paneled area itself; the noun subsequently produced the verb 'to panel.'

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