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

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

Install them floor to ceiling or only halfway up as a wainscot, then cap it with a wood chair rail.

From Time