腰こし張ばり

noun

wainscoting; wainscotting

Refers to wooden paneling on the lower part of an interior wall, often in traditional Japanese architecture.

• 古ふるい旅りょ館かんの廊ろう下かには腰こし張ばりが施ほどこされていた。

  The hallway of the old inn had wainscoting.

noun

decorative paper skirt on a sliding door

A paper covering attached to the lower part of a sliding door (fusuma or shoji) for decoration and protection.

• この襖ふすまの腰こし張ばりには金きん箔ぱくが使つかわれている。

  Gold leaf is used on the decorative paper skirt of this sliding door.