paneling, panelling, pane
(noun) a panel or section of panels in a wall or door
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
panelling (countable and uncountable, plural panellings)
(British spelling) The panels with which a surface (especially an indoor wall) is covered, considered collectively.
panelling
present participle of panel
Source: Wiktionary
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
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
