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Meanings of wainscoting in inglês

português
painel

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

painel
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Examples for "wainscot"
Examples for "wainscot"
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Listen. And he jerked his thumb in the direction of the wainscot.
The Tavern Knight
2
The wrench upon it had already pulled the bodkin from the wainscot.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: Second Series
3
The young man rose and walked to the wainscot and back again.
Tales of the Chesapeake
4
When my grandfather died I had the wainscot door cemented in.
The Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange
5
And with a crayon he made drawings on the wainscot of the room.
Art in England: Notes and Studies
1
Instead of wainscotting, the walls are covered with tapestry or damask.
Travels through France and Italy
2
The dining-room was very large, finished in oak, with a dark blue paper above the wainscotting.
The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural
3
The wainscotting which panels the upper floors and the portrait gallery is mildewed but still stout.
Night Shift
4
How well she remembered the low, spacious room, with its oak wainscotting, its book-cases and its pictures!
Delia Blanchflower
5
The wainscotting was caramel taffy.
IT
Usage of wainscoting in inglês
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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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português
painel
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