PANEL

gore, panel

(noun) a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails

panel

(noun) sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something

panel

(noun) a soft pad placed under a saddle

panel

(noun) a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc

panel, venire

(noun) (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)

jury, panel

(noun) a committee appointed to judge a competition

empanel, impanel, panel

(verb) select from a list; “empanel prospective jurors”

panel

(verb) decorate with panels; “panel the walls with wood”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

panel (plural panels)

A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.

(architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.

(comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.

(graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.

(law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury.

(law, Scotland) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.

(obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.

A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.

(joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.

(masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.

(masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.

(mining) A heap of dressed ore.

(mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.

(military, historical) A frame for carrying a mortar.

(dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.

A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.

(Britain, historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.

(medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.

Verb

panel (third-person singular simple present panels, present participle (US) paneling or panelling, simple past and past participle (US) paneled or panelled)

(transitive) To fit with panels.

Anagrams

• 'plane, Alpen, Nepal, Palen, palen, penal, plane, plena

Source: Wiktionary

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Pan"el, n. Etym: [Orig., a little piece; OF. panel, pannel, F. panneau, dim. of pan skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side. See 2d Pane.]

1. (Arch.)

Definition: A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

2. (Law) (a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury. Blackstone. (b) (Scots Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. Burrill.

3. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.

4. (Joinery)

Definition: A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.

5. (Masonry)

Definition: One of the faces of a hewn stone. Gwilt.

6. (Painting)

Definition: A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.

7. (Mining) (a) A heap of dressed ore. (b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.

8. (Dressmaking)

Definition: A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.

9. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss. Panel game, a method of stealing money in a panel house.

– Panel house, a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates.

– Panel saw, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out panels, etc.

– Panel thief, one who robs in a panel house.

Pan"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paneled or Panelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Paneling or Panelling.]

Definition: To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot. Paneled back (Arch.), the paneled work covering the window back. See Window back.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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