1. wooden paneling that covers the lower part of an interior wall

1. to line or cover with wooden paneling

Examples

• The dining room featured elegant oak wainscot that reached halfway up the walls.
• Victorian homes often had dark wainscot in their hallways and parlors.
• They decided to wainscot the bathroom walls with moisture-resistant cedar.
• The carpenter will wainscot the study with cherry wood panels.
• White-painted wainscot gave the cottage kitchen a charming, traditional look.
• The restoration team carefully removed the original wainscot to refinish it.