Dictionary entry

Wainscot (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.