1. wooden panels covering the lower part of interior walls

1. to line or cover with wooden panels

Examples

• The dining room featured elegant oak wainscots that reached halfway up the walls.
• Victorian homes often had dark wooden wainscots in their hallways.
• The carpenter wainscots the library with cherry wood panels.
• She decided to paint the wainscots white to brighten the room.
• The old house’s wainscots were damaged by years of moisture.
• He wainscots the basement walls to give them a finished appearance.