wainscot

/ˈweɪnskət/ (bre, ipa) · [wˈenskət] /ˈweɪnskət/ (ame, ipa) · [wˈenskət] /ˈwān-skət How to pronounce wainscot (audio) -ˌskōt,  -ˌskät How to pronounce wainscot (audio)/ (ame, mw)

wainscot — noun

  • wainscotsingular
  • wainscotsplural

1. decorative wood or similar flat covering fixed along the lower section of an ins

1.名詞C2
釋義

decorative wood or similar flat covering fixed along the lower section of an inside wall.

例句

The dining room's wainscot is dark oak below the pale wallpaper.

wainscot below a different wall finish

Workers repaired the cracked wainscot after movers scraped the hallway wall.

同義詞
  • paneling

    broader and more common; paneling can cover larger wall areas, while wainscot usually stays low on the wall

  • dado

    often names the lower wall section or its dividing line in design language, not always the panels themselves

  • wall lining

    a wider term for any inside wall covering, including simpler or less decorative materials

文法句型

oak/painted/wooden wainscot

wainscot along/around a room

用法筆記

Usually refers to the lower part of an interior wall, not to paneling that covers the whole room. In modern writing it is often a design or restoration term, while everyday English more often says paneling.

常見錯誤

❌The ceiling was covered in wainscot.
✅The lower walls were covered in wainscot.
💡this word usually refers to the bottom part of an interior wall.
❌They replaced the torn wainscot above the fireplace.
✅They replaced the torn wallpaper above the wainscot.
💡wainscot is the hard lower wall covering, not the paper above it.

wainscot — verb