\Wain"scot\, n. [OD. waeghe-schot, D. wagen-schot, a
clapboard, fr. OD. waeg, weeg, a wall (akin to AS. wah; cf.
Icel. veggr) + schot a covering of boards (akin to E. shot,
shoot).]
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. (Arch.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of
   apartments, usually made in panels.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of European moths
   of the family {Leucanid[ae]}.
Note: They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with
      black and white. Their larv[ae] feed on grasses and
      sedges.

\Wain"scot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wainscoted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Wainscoting}.]
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.