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Wainscoting.

WAINSCOTING
1. The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel. 2. The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as a whole; panelwork.
WAINSCOT
A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels. (more info) fr. OD. waeg, weeg, a wall + schot 1. Oaken timber or boarding. A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree. Urquhart.