n. 1. A facing or paneling, usually of wood, applied to the walls of a room. 2. The lower part of an interior wall when finished in a material different from that of the upper part. tr.v. wain·scot·ed, wain·scot·ing, wain·scots or wain·scot·ted or wain·scot·ting To line or panel (a room or wall) with wainscoting. [Middle English, from Middle Dutch waghenscot : perhaps waghen, wagen, wagon (from the quality of wood used for carriagework); see WAGON + scot, partition; see skeud- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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