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Alternative spellings
wainscoting

Pronunciation
RP IPA|/ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/

Noun
en-noun|-

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

Synonyms
wainscot italbrac|countable

Verb
wainscotting

1. present participle of|wainscot|lang=English

Quotations

1. Nounal sense:

#*1939, w:Raymond Chandler|Raymond Chandler, w:The Big Sleep|The Big Sleep
#*:The giggles got louder and ran around the corners of the room like rats behind the wainscotting.

io:wainscotting
zh:wainscotting

• 2007-10-05 21:06 - Interwicket - iwiki +io, zh

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