From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwainscotwain‧scot /ˈweɪnskət, -skɒt $ -skət, -skɑːt/ noun [countable] DHH British English old-fashioned a skirting board SYN baseboard American English
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wainscot• Its floors and wainscot were dark redwood, its walls a soft gray.• They could hear the wood splintering under his teeth - a sound like a mouse in a shed wainscot at midnight.Origin wainscot (1300-1400) Middle Dutch wagenschot “wagon-board” 