wainscot

US /ˈweɪn.skɑːt/
UK /ˈweɪn.skɑːt/
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an area of wooden paneling on the lower part of the walls of a room

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The dining room had elegant oak wainscoting.
They decided to install new wainscoting in the hallway.
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to line (a wall) with wainscoting

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They plan to wainscot the entire living room.
The carpenter was hired to wainscot the old library.