Wainscot

Wainscot
This very unusual name derives from the Olde German, "Wagenshot" and is a job descriptive metonymic for a maker of high quality panel-work and skirting boards. The word is first recorded in England in 1548, whilst Samuel Pepys Diary for September 11th 1660, records (Quote) "I caused the girlie to wash the wainscote of our Parler, which she did well, which caused my wife and I good sport"! The surname origination suggests a possible Huguenot association but this is not proven. The surname recordings include Mary Wainscott who married Henry Loveday at St. Pancras Old Church, London on March 31st 1841 and Thomas Wainscot of Holborn, a witness at St. Andrews Church on August 13th 1843 in the reign of Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901). The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Dathe Wainscot, which was dated August 21st 1722, married Henry Tomson at St. Dunstans Church, Stepney, during the reign of King George I, "Hanover George", 1715 - 1727. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Wainscot — 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).] [1913 Webster] 1. Oaken timber or boarding. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wainscot — 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. [1913 Webster] Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than hanged. Bacon. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wainscot — [wān′skät΄, wān′skət] n. [ME waynescote < MDu wagenschot, wainscot, as if < wagen (see WAIN), but prob. < base akin to OS weg, OE wag, wall, orig. woven work (< IE base * wei > WITHE) + schot, a board, pale, prob. < or akin to… …   English World dictionary

  • wainscot — (n.) mid 14c., imported oak of superior quality, probably from M.Du. or M.Flem. waghenscote superior quality oak wood, board used for paneling (though neither of these is attested as early as the English word), related to M.L.G. wagenschot (late… …   Etymology dictionary

  • wainscot — meaning ‘panelling on the lower part of a wall near the floor’, has derivative forms wainscoted, wainscoting (one t in each) …   Modern English usage

  • wainscot — ► NOUN ▪ an area of wooden panelling on the lower part of the walls of a room. ► VERB (wainscoted, wainscoting or wainscotted, wainscotting) ▪ line (a room or wall) with wooden panelling. DERIVATIVES wainscoting (also …   English terms dictionary

  • wainscot — /wayn skeuht, skot, skoht/, n., v., wainscoted, wainscoting or (esp. Brit.) wainscotted, wainscotting. n. 1. wood, esp. oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls. 2. the lining itself, esp. as covering the lower portion… …   Universalium

  • wainscot — 1. noun /ˈweɪnskɒt/ An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls. …this fellow will but join you together as they join wainscot; then one of you will prove a shrunk panel, and like green timber, warp, warp.… …   Wiktionary

  • wainscot — [14] Wainscot was borrowed from Middle Low German wagenschot. It is not altogether clear what the origins of this were, but the generally accepted theory is that it is a compound of wagen ‘waggon’ and schot ‘planks, boards’, and that it therefore …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • wainscot — UK [ˈweɪnskət] / US [ˈweɪnskət] / US [ˈweɪnˌskɑt] noun [countable] Word forms wainscot : singular wainscot plural wainscots the bottom part of the walls in a room, especially when it is covered with wood …   English dictionary

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