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Meanings of wainscoting in inglés

portugués
painel

Wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room.

painel
Usage of wainscoting in inglés
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My father brought the wainscoting from an old English country-house in Dorsetshire.
The Inn at the Red Oak
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The wainscoting and the furniture were lemon-yellow, the choice of Monday's occupant.
Dayworld Rebel
3
The wall had been divided into three panels, with a high wainscoting.
The Tempting of Tavernake
4
He laid his head back against the wainscoting and closed his eyes.
Hook
5
He passed on silently through a door in the wainscoting of the drawing-room.
The Mating of Lydia
6
Eight mahogany chairs stood in a row against the white wainscoting.
A Simple Soul
7
The wainscoting preserved its blue which seemed sustained and warmed by the orange.
Against the Grain
8
He heard it knock the wainscoting as it was set down.
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
9
She may be smart enough to clean our windows and wash the wainscoting.
The Doctor's Daughter
10
The grand stairway was of polished marble, its wainscoting and walls of onyx.
The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia
11
The tent was set on this wainscoting, which gave plenty of head space.
Still Jim
12
Many Germans, says Mr. GERARD, have food concealed in their wainscoting.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917
13
The pillars, surrounded with wainscoting, were covered with rich Gothic ornaments.
The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X
14
She looked around the room, at the walls above the wainscoting.
Harvest Home
15
Once again, she was up against a wall, her spine to the wainscoting.
Too wicked to kiss
16
Rose-Marie's face was white as she leaned against the dark wainscoting.
The Island of Faith
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portugués
painel
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