Wainscot

Noun

 * 1) An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
 * 2) * 1598: William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, scene 3
 * …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.

Synonyms

 * wainscotting

Verb

 * 1) Decorate a wall with a wainscot.

Thesaurus
base, baseboard, basement, bush, bushing, ceil, chassis, dado, doubling, doublure, face, facing, feather, fill, filler, filling, foot, footing, foundation, frame, fur, inlay, inlayer, insole, interline, interlineation, keel, line, liner, lining, load, mopboard, nadir, pack, packing, pad, padding, shoemold, sole, stuff, stuffing, toe, wad, wadding

Etymology
From wagenschot:, assumed to be from wagen: + schot:, believed to mean “partition”.