Wainscot

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Oaken timber or boarding. [Obs.] A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for cleaving of an oaken tree. Urquhart. Inclosed in a chest of wainscot. J. Dart.

2. A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of apartments, usually made in panels.

3. Any one of numerous species of European moths of the family Leucanidæ.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork; as, to wainscot a hall. Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged. Bacon. The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. Addison.