panels

noun

A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.

A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.

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.

(graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.

(comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.

(law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.

(law) The whole jury.

(joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.

(architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.

A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.

(medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.

(mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.

(dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.

(masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.

(masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.

(mining) A heap of dressed ore.

(Scots law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.

A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.

(British, historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.

(obsolete) A piece of cloth serving as a saddle.

verb

(transitive) To fit (a room etc.) with panels.

(obsolete, transitive) To enter (jury members) on an official list of jurors; to empanel.

(obsolete, transitive) To fit (an animal, especially a mule or ass) with a panel or simple padded saddle.

Roots

pannuspan- · Latin · cloth, piece

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