The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word WAINSCOT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result WAINSCOT
- Wall panel used to be frames in bed
- Wooden panelling in old wagons by country dwelling
- Woodwork happened to be holding in bed
- Oak panelling popular within West Berkshire town
- Two cans I mixed up for wooden panelling
- Panelling, the centrepiece of Newark home, by Mackintosh perhaps
- Panel of women popular within racecourse
- Women on a popular Glaswegian panel
- Wood panels found in carts and bed
- Panelling for Rooney’s bed, we hear?
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The straight part
We know that "Wood panels" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wood panels = wainscot.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WAINSCOT mean?
WAINSCOT noun- An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
- Any of various noctuid moths.
- To decorate a wall with a wainscot.