Panel
Panel , noun
[Orig., a little piece; Old French panel, pannel, French panneau, dim. of pan skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side. See 2d Pane.]
1.
(Architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
2.
(a) (Law) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff;
(Law) the whole group of persons summoned on a particular day, from whom a jury is to be selected; also, the jury selected from that group.
(b)
(Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. — Blackstone
3.
Any group of persons selected to judge a contest, conduct a discussion, serve as advisers, or participate in any group activity in which they will provide information or make judgments.
4.
Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
5.
(Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
6.
(Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. — Gwilt
7.
(Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.
8.
(a) (Mining) A heap of dressed ore.
(b)
(Mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
9.
(Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
10.
A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
11.
(Aeronautics) A segment of an aeroplane wing. In a biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.
Collocations (4)
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 from customers 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.
Panel , transitive verb
To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.
Collocations (1)
Paneled back (Architecture) , the paneled work covering the window back. See Window back.