wainscot

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈweɪnskɒt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
    — […] this fellow will but join you together as they join wainscot; then one of you will prove a shrunk panel, and like green timber, warp, warp.
  2. Any of various noctuid moths.
动词 v.
  1. To decorate a wall with a wainscot.

词形变化

wainscots plural wainscots present,singular,third-person wainscoting participle,present wainscotting participle,present wainscoted participle,past wainscoted past wainscotted participle,past wainscotted past

词汇关系

近义词
panelling
衍生词
wainscot veneer

词源

词源 1
From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot or Middle Dutch waghenscote, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) (from Old Saxon wagan) + schot, meaning “partition, crossbar," which is from or related to skiotan (“to shoot”).
词源 2
From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot or Middle Dutch waghenscote, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) (from Old Saxon wagan) + schot, meaning “partition, crossbar," which is from or related to skiotan (“to shoot”).
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