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wainscot (1216-20)

The form weinscot is a cross reference to the following entry:

wainscot (1216-20)

waynscot,  waynscote,  waynscotte;  weinscot,  weynscotte  
  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  wainscot  DMF: TLF: OED:  wainscot n.  MED:  wain-scot n.  DMLBS:  wainscotum 3724a
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

s.

build. (plank or board of) wainscot, a superior quality of oak
( 1216-20 )  De chescun .c. du bord appellé weynscotte, obole  Lib Alb 238
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  bord de Irelaunde [...] qe l’em appele elvynges ou waynscot  Dom Gip 192
( 1358-59 )  Et in .mcccxij. bord de la welde, .mdccccxxviij. shipbord, .mmmdc. bord de waynscot, .ccclx. bord de righolt, .dlxxiiij. plaunches  Sandahl Sea i 81
( c.1413 )  ordeigné est par touz les meistres suisditz que deux waynscotes alerent a quatre postes, quex sount faitz en un almory  YMB i 149
( 1435-36 )  Le dit mestre .c. de weinscot – cust. wharf .v. d.  Port Bk foster 4

[KJ]

See also:

wainscotbord 
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