n. [ OD. waeghe-schot, D. wagen-schot, a clapboard, fr. OD. waeg, weeg, a wall (akin to AS. wah; cf. Icel. veggr) + schot a covering of boards (akin to E. shot, shoot). ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Oaken timber or boarding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree. Urquhart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inclosed in a chest of wainscot. J. Dart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with black and white. Their larvae feed on grasses and sedges. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wainscoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wainscoting. ] To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as a whole; panelwork. [ 1913 Webster ]