wainscotting

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From wainscot + -ing. Attested since at least the 17th century.

These were displaced, and the oak wainscotting, and beams that crossed the roof, were painted white. — The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Ward Radcliffe
There is not a panel in the old wainscotting, but what, if it were endowed with the powers of speech and memory, could start from the wall, and tell its tale of horror--the romance of life, Sir, the romance of life! — The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
He was in that humour when every incident, however trivial, was calculated to assume an importance in his imagination; and, standing on a chair, he proceeded to examine the wainscotting at the back of the shelves--for which purpose he removed several of the books. — The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4, George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

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