Wainscot /(?)/

1. Oaken timber or boarding. [Obs.]

   A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree.

   Inclosed in a chest of wainscot.

2. A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels. (Arch.)
3. Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidae. (Zool.)

imp. & p. p. Wainscoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wainscoting

1. To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall.

   Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged.

   The other is wainscoted with looking-glass.