wainscot

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
2. Any of various noctuid moths.

Verb

To decorate a wall with a wainscot.

Sinonieme

wainscoting

panel

dado

banner

dashboard

paneling

wainscotting

wall paneling

parquet

plank

sign

billboard

inlay

board

Vertalings

lambris

beschot

dashboard

instrumentenbord

wagenschot

paneel

panneau

betimmeren

painel

Täfelung

täfeln

beschieten

verkleiden

lambrisser

Paneel

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈweɪnskɒt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: waynscot

In summary

From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot or Middle Dutch waghenscote, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) (from Old Saxon wagan) + schot, meaning “partition, crossbar," which is from or related to skiotan (“to shoot”).