"wainscot" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈweɪnskɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɛnskət/ [obsolete], /ˈweɪnskət/ [obsolete] Forms: wainscots [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) + schot, believed to mean “partition”. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|waynscot}} Middle English waynscot, {{der|en|gml|wagenschot}} Middle Low German wagenschot Head templates: {{en-noun}} wainscot (plural wainscots)
  1. (architecture) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls. Categories (topical): Architecture Translations (an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls): ламперия (lamperija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), lambrisering [feminine] (Dutch), puolipaneeli (Finnish), lambéria (Hungarian), faburkolat (Hungarian), lágþiljur [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), brjóstpanill [masculine] (Icelandic), vuinsciú [masculine] (Irish), peta-drindrina (Malagasy), waynscot (Middle English), տախտակամած (taxtakamac) (Old Armenian), تخته (tahta) (Ottoman Turkish), пане́ль (panélʹ) [feminine] (Russian), arimadilyo (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-wainscot-en-noun-EuQ7q4v1 Topics: architecture Disambiguation of "an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls": 96 4
  2. Any of various noctuid moths. Categories (topical): Architectural elements Categories (lifeform): Noctuoid moths
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: panelling [uncountable]

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈweɪnskɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɛnskət/ [obsolete], /ˈweɪnskət/ [obsolete] Forms: wainscots [present, singular, third-person], wainscotting [participle, present], wainscotted [participle, past], wainscotted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) + schot, believed to mean “partition”. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|waynscot}} Middle English waynscot, {{der|en|gml|wagenschot}} Middle Low German wagenschot Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} wainscot (third-person singular simple present wainscots, present participle wainscotting, simple past and past participle wainscotted)
  1. To decorate a wall with a wainscot. Translations (to decorate a wall with a wainscot): خَشَّبَ (ḵaššaba) (Arabic), облицовам с ламперия (oblicovam s lamperija) (Bulgarian), lambriseren (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-wainscot-en-verb-XCeRtB8A

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brjóstpanill"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vuinsciú"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls",
      "word": "peta-drindrina"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls",
      "word": "waynscot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tahta",
      "sense": "an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls",
      "word": "تخته"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "panélʹ",
      "sense": "an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пане́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of a room's walls",
      "word": "arimadilyo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wainscot"
}

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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "wagenschot"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German wagenschot",
      "name": "der"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) + schot, believed to mean “partition”.",
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    {
      "form": "wainscots",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wainscotting",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wainscotted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      "form": "wainscotted",
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        "past"
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To decorate a wall with a wainscot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decorate",
          "decorate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweɪnskɒt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛnskət/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈweɪnskət/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵaššaba",
      "sense": "to decorate a wall with a wainscot",
      "word": "خَشَّبَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oblicovam s lamperija",
      "sense": "to decorate a wall with a wainscot",
      "word": "облицовам с ламперия"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to decorate a wall with a wainscot",
      "word": "lambriseren"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wainscot"
}

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