A concise glossary of terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic architecture (1905)
Parker, John Henry, · J. Parker and Co., · leaf 328
yseems to have implied rough planks of oak timber, andsubsequently to have been given to wooden panelling, towhich they were converted, for lining the inner walls ofhouses and churches. It was very extensively employedduring the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and James I., and fora long period… … when whitewashed, appear so cold and unsightly, wereoriginally covered with colour, either in the shape of floral