3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wainscot  \Wain"scot\,  n.  [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).] 
  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.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  European  moths 
  of  the  family  {Leucanid[ae]}. 
 
  Note:  They  are  reddish  or  yellowish,  streaked  or  lined  with 
  black  and  white.  Their  larv[ae]  feed  on  grasses  and 
  sedges. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wainscot  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wainscot 
  n  1:  lower  part  of  an  interior  wall  when  it  is  finished 
  differently  from  the  rest  [syn:  {dado}] 
  2:  wood  panelling  used  to  line  the  walls  of  a  room  [syn:  {wainscoting}, 
  {wainscotting}] 

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