Definitions for wainscot
ˈweɪn skət, -skɒt, -skoʊtwain·scot

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wainscot, dadonoun

   panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall

2. wainscot, wainscoting, wainscottingnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wainscotnoun

   An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room's walls.

2. wainscotverb

   To decorate a wall with a wainscot.

3. Etymology: From wagenschot, assumed to be from wagen + schot, believed to mean “partition”.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wainscotnoun

   The inner wooden covering of a wall.

   Etymology: wageschot, Dutch.

   Some have the veins more varied and chambletted; as oak, whereof wainscot is made. Francis Bacon.

   She never could part with plain wainscot and clean hangings. Arbuthnot.

   A rat your utmost rage defies,
   That safe behind the wainscot lies. Jonathan Swift.

2. To Wainscotverb

   Etymology: waegenschotten, Dutch.

   1. To line walls with boards.

   Musick soundeth better in chambers wainscotted, than hanged. Francis Bacon.

   2. To line in general.

   It is most curiously lined, or wainscotted, with a white testaceous crust, of the same substance and thickness with the tubuli marini. Nehemiah Grew.

   One side commands a view of the garden, and the other is wainscotted with looking-glass. Joseph Addison, Guardian.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wainscot

   Panelling (or paneling in the U.S.) is a millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components. These are traditionally interlocking wood, but could be plastic or other materials. Panelling was developed in antiquity to make rooms in stone buildings more comfortable both by insulating the room from the stone, and reflecting radiant heat from wood fires, making heat more evenly distributed in the room. In more modern buildings, such panelling is often installed for decorative purposes. Panelling, such as wainscoting and boiserie in particular, may be extremely ornate and is particularly associated with 17th and 18th century interior design, Victorian architecture in Britain, and its international contemporaries.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wainscot

   Wainscot is a type of wood paneling used as a decorative or protective covering for the lower part of a wall in a room, typically up to waist height or below. It can also refer to high-quality wood used for building furniture or paneling.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wainscotnoun

   oaken timber or boarding

2. Wainscotnoun

   a wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels

3. Wainscotnoun

   any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae

4. Wainscotverb

   to line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall

5. Etymology: [OD. waeghe-schot, D. wagen-schot, a clapboard, fr. OD. waeg, weeg, a wall (akin to AS. wah; cf. Icel. veggr) + schot a covering of boards (akin to E. shot, shoot).]

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1. Wainscot

   In fantasy fiction, a wainscot is a society concealed and secretly working in the real world. The term was first coined by The Encyclopedia of Fantasy in 1997. Such concealed societies typically have a special insight into the mechanics of the world, such as an understanding of magical forces or knowledge of supernatural beings. Wainscot societies may seek to hide this information from outsiders, or they may be disbelieved due to ignorance, conspiracies, or consensus reality. A significant feature of wainscot fiction is that it does not take place in fantasy realms only accessible via some kind of magical portal. Wainscot stories involve hidden parts of the familiar, mundane world. In horror-tinged works of fantasy, such as H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, Buffyverse, or White Wolf Games' World of Darkness setting, the majority's ignorance of the true horrors of their world may seem like a blessing. In C.S. Lewis' "That Hideous Strength" it is disclosed that from the death of King Arthur up to the time of writing in the 1940s, there had been an unbroken line of Pendragons living secretly in Britain. The Pendragon in each generation gathering around himself a small band of loyal followers and in times of crisis acting secretly to save the country from various perils - with Britons unaware of how much they owed to this secret group.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wainscot

   wān′skot, n. the panelled boards on the walls of apartments: a collector's name for certain noctuoid moths.—v.t. to line with, or as if with, boards or panels.—ns. Wain′scoting, Wain′scotting, the act of lining with boards or panels: materials for making a wainscot. [Orig. perh. wood used for a partition in a wagon—Dut. wagenschot, oakwood, beechwood—wagen, wagon, schot, partition. Skeat explains as a corr. of Old Dut. waegheschot, wall-hoarding, from Old Dut. waeg, a wall, schot, a partition.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of wainscot in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of wainscot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wainscot
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wainscot
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=wainscot
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wainscot
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wainscot
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=wainscot
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=wainscot
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=wainscot