Wainscotting

Word WAINSCOTTING
Character 12
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Wainscotting"

What do we mean by wainscotting?

To decorate a wall with a wainscot.

(ˈwānskōdiNG,ˈwānˌskädiNG) the act of inviting a romantic interest over to your place for intimacy, with the intent to only have them complete chores around the house, such as changing the light bulbs or yard work. Urban Dictionary

A small village in the South of Wales. Known for it day laborers who would work from the first light of day until the sun waned in the Western sky. As the day would expire the workers would line the streets with cots in order to be first in line to be selected for the next days work. To "Wainscot" it to be without permanent employment going from one job to another. Typical pay is handled "under the table". Urban Dictionary

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The word "wainscotting" in example sentences

If wainscotting is a thing I can have in my apartment. ❋ Angely78 (2009)

Dark plain wainscotting, heavy furniture of simplest fashion, little windows well curtained; – all nothing to speak of; – all joined inexplicably to produce the impression of order, stability and repose, which seized upon Eleanor almost before she had time to observe details. ❋ Unknown (1864)

As building methods improved, this was reduced to wainscotting below and a picture rail above, which would originally have been the top edge of the panelling. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I suppose they could have them ... so ... there's a window tinting business in my wainscotting? ❋ Angely78 (2009)

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 for arts sake worth hearing • very rarely does news make me cry, it usually makes me angry; the kind of angry that causes me to shatter dishes against the wainscotting, but not usually weep over the general state of affairs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The original woodwork -- including dining-room wainscotting, along with hardwood floor and moldings -- has been maintained. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He is the Germanicus of this blog; mythical, as Un-bama like as a person gets, plus he can deliver a lecture about wainscotting that will make you swoon! ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

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! ❋ Unknown (2007)

She had always liked Fontainebleau because the Swiss Hall looked just like an old German hall with its bay windows, the wainscotting, and heavy carved benches. ❋ JULIE BAUMGOLD (2005)

The color above the wainscotting, Throne, we both like. ❋ Maryrobinette (2005)

We chose a Ralph Lauren color, for the wainscotting, called Burlap. ❋ Maryrobinette (2005)

These brick floors, the stone stairs, the want of wainscotting in the rooms, and the thick party-walls of stone, are, however, good preservatives against fire, which seldom does any damage in this city. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Instead of wainscotting, the walls are covered with tapestry or damask. ❋ Unknown (2004)

A little shaft of sunlight slanted down the wainscotting and floor. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Begun painting faux wainscotting in kitchen with faux finish still more to do, but wanted to show my husband before I went all out; ❋ Unknown (2004)

These were displaced, and the oak wainscotting, and beams that crossed the roof, were painted white. ❋ Unknown (2004)

[Debbie] was [wainscoting] Jamal for six months before they broke up. She was using him to [renovate] her kitchen, and all he got were blue balls. ❋ Donutshop69 (2018)

Are [those guys] Wainscoting it or are they [just] [homeless]? ❋ Super Dad (2011)

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