panel
Meanings
noun
- A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
- 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.
- A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
- An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
- A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
- A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
- The whole jury.
- A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
- A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.
- A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
- A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
verb
- To enter (jury members) on an official list of jurors; to empanel.
- To fit (an animal, especially a mule or ass) with a panel or simple padded saddle.
- To fit (a room etc.) with panels.
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Etymology
From Middle English panel (“piece of cloth, saddle pad, pane of glass, piece of ice, part, division, jury list, jury members”), from Anglo-Norman panel, panelle (“piece of cloth, saddle cushion”), from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Old English fana (“a piece of cloth, patch, banner, flag, vane”). Doublet of vane.
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