wain·scot /ˈwenskət, ˌskot, ˌskɑt/
 壁板,腰板(vt.)裝上壁板


 Wain·scot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wainscoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wainscoting.] To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall.
    Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged.   --Bacon.
    The other is wainscoted with looking-glass.   --Addison.

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 Wain·scot n.
 1. Oaken timber or boarding.  [Obs.]
    A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree.   --Urquhart.
    Inclosed in a chest of wainscot.   --J. Dart.
 2. Arch. A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.
 3. Zool. Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae.
 Note: ☞ They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvae feed on grasses and sedges.


 wainscot
      n 1: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is
           finished differently from the rest [syn: dado]
      2: wooden panel used to line the walls of a room [syn: wainscoting,
          wainscotting]