2 entries under this word

Panel

Păn'el, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. panel, pannel, N. Fr. panneau, diminutive of pan, skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side. See PANE.]

Sense 1. (Arch.) A compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, and the like.

Sense 2. (Joinery.) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.

Sense 3. (Masonry.) One of the faces of a hewn stone. Gwilt.

Sense 4. (Painting.) A thin board upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted. Fairholt.

Sense 5. (Mining.) A heap of ore dressed and ready for sale. Weale.

Sense 6. (Law.) (a.) A piece of parchment or schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury. (b.) (Scots Law.) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. Burrill.

Pān'el, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. PANELED, or PANELLED; p. pr. & vb. n. PANELING, or PANELLING.] To form with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.