Panel
['pæn(ə)l] or ['pænl]
Definition
(noun.) sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something.
(noun.) a soft pad placed under a saddle.
(noun.) a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc.
(noun.) (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen).
(verb.) decorate with panels; 'panel the walls with wood'.
Typed by Cyril--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
(n.) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury.
(n.) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
(n.) Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
(n.) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
(n.) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
(n.) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.
(n.) A heap of dressed ore.
(n.) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
(n.) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
(n.) A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
(v. t.) To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.
Typist: Remington
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. (Law.) Array, body of jurors.
Editor: Tess
Definition
n. a rectangular piece of any material: (archit.) a flat surface with raised margins or with a surrounding frame: a thin board on which a picture is painted: (law) a schedule containing the names of those summoned to serve as jurors: the jury: (Scots law) a prisoner at the bar: a frame for carrying a mortar: a rail in a post-and-rail fence.—v.t. to furnish with panels:—pr.p. pan′elling; pa.p. pan′elled.—Also Pann′el.—ns. Pan′el-game the act of stealing articles by means of a sliding panel; Pan′elling panel-work; Pan′el-pic′ture a picture painted on a panel; Pan′el-plān′er a machine for dressing panels and feathering their edges to fit them to the grooves in the stiles; Pan′el-saw a saw for cutting very thin wood; Pan′el-strip a narrow piece of wood or metal for covering a joint between two panels; Pan′el-work′ing a method of working a coal-mine by dividing it into compartments.
Edited by Craig
Examples
- Then he closed the panel behind him and followed us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It was on a different panel of the door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He lingered with his hand on the panel. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- So up we went to the second story, when we came to Richard's name in great white letters on a hearse-like panel. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Martian had crawled to my side and with staring eyes fixed on the single panel before us we waited in the silence of death. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He stepped directly to the panel, touched the concealed button, and as the door swung open he stood aside while his companions entered with me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He quietly shot back a panel in the upper part of the door and glanced through. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I heard the mice too, rattling behind the panels, as if the same occurrence were important to their interests. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The brushing of skirts and elbows, sometimes the bumping of shoulders, could be heard against the very panels. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- At that moment another vision was seen through the glass panels of the door. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Bits of old wood carvings from the pulpit, and panels from the chancel, and images from the organ-loft, said the clerk. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The homely little house stood there, its panels and brasses shining in the firelight, as if magically created to receive them. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Make haste, Mr. Lowten,' Perker called out; 'we shall have the panels beaten in. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Just then it seemed my chamber-door was touched; as if fingers had swept the panels in groping a way along the dark gallery outside. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The little panelled room that opens from the drawing-room? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The office was a front parlour, with a panelled wall. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The centre of this spacious room is an open rectangular space about forty by twenty-five feet, rising clear about forty feet from the main floor to a panelled ceiling. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The brown-panelled parlour was furnished all in old style, and with real old furniture. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mr. Wickfield tapped at a door in a corner of the panelled wall, and a girl of about my own age came quickly out and kissed him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The old hall, oak-panelled and high-windowed, had been turned into a court of investigation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The opening of the little door in the panelled wall made me start and turn. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was a very large and high chamber, with carved oak ceiling, oaken panelling, and a fine array of deer's heads and ancient weapons around the walls. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The room was of naked oiled panelling, like the rest of the house. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They simply confined themselves to making a mess; and all they spoilt, to do them justice, was the panelling of a door. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Edited by Flo