wainscot

Example Sentences

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Named for its historic 1920s Chateauesque building, Castle is a treasure box of prewar charm: lattice windows, crown-molding, wainscot, Art Deco tile.

From Los Angeles Times

“Emma,” said she, “this paper is worse than I expected. Look! in places you see it is dreadfully dirty; and the wainscot is more yellow and forlorn than any thing I could have imagined.”

From Literature

A wainscot cap is very similar in application to the chair rail.

From Seattle Times

They could hear the wood splintering under his teeth—a sound like a mouse in a shed wainscot at midnight.

From Literature

Werner glances around: a trunk, a box of linens, the pale blue of the walls and the rich white of the wainscot.

From Literature