wainscot

From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) + schot, believed to mean “partition”.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈweɪnskɒt/

wainscot (plural wainscots)

1. An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
   • 1598: William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, scene 3

     […] 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.

• panelling (uncountable)

wainscot (third-person singular simple present wainscots, present participle wainscotting, simple past and past participle wainscotted)

1. To decorate a wall with a wainscot.