Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wainscot

/ˈweɪnskɒt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: wain-scot
IPA: /ˈweɪnskɒt/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.

noun

Any of various noctuid moths.

verb

To decorate a wall with a wainscot.

Example Sentences

"[…] 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."
"Entering that gable-ended Spouter-Inn, you found yourself in a wide, low, straggling entry with old-fashioned wainscots, reminding one of the bulwarks of some condemned old craft."

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: waynscot, wagenschot, waghenscote, wagan

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈweɪnskɒt/

Inflected Forms

wainscots (plural) wainscots (present, singular) wainscoting (participle, present) wainscotting (participle, present) wainscoted (participle, past) wainscoted (past) wainscotted (participle, past) wainscotted (past)

Phrases

wainscot veneer

Synonyms

panelling wainscoting wainscotting dado

Rhymes With

wainscott

Questions

How do you pronounce wainscot?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈweɪnskɒt/.
What does wainscot mean?: An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
Where does wainscot come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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