Usage examples for wainscot
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The angle of the room at the right side of the window was cut off by an oblique turn in the wainscot. – The Room in the Dragon Volant by J. Sheridan LeFanu
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I now applied my key to the secret locks; drew the wainscot door a little open, took my strong box under my arm, extinguished my candle, unbolted my door, listened at it for a few moments to be sure that no one was approaching, and then crossed the floor of my room swiftly, entered the secret door, and closed the spring lock after me. – The Room in the Dragon Volant by J. Sheridan LeFanu
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He broods upon the war news, and his fate Which keeps him from the war, looks up and sees His scarred face in the mirror over the wainscot; His lashless eyes and browless brows and head With patches of thin hair. – Domesday Book by Edgar Lee Masters