different between oaken vs wainscotting

English

Etymology

From Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ?cen, ?cen (“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aik?naz, equivalent to oak +? -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (“oaken”), German eichen (“oaken”), Icelandic eikinn (“oaken”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?k'?n, IPA^(key): /??k.?n/
• Rhymes: -??k?n

Adjective

oaken (not comparable)

1. Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.

Translations

Anagrams

• Kanoé, Keano

English

Alternative forms

• wainscoting

Etymology

wainscot +? -ing. Attested since at least the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?we?nsk?t??/

Noun

wainscotting (usually uncountable, plural wainscottings)

1. Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

     The giggles got louder and ran around the corners of the room like rats behind the wainscotting.

Synonyms

• wainscot (countable)

Translations

Verb

wainscotting

1. present participle of wainscot