panel

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


the part between two posts in apost-and-rail fence. See also Slip-panel.

1876. A. L. Gordon, `Sea-spray,' p. 148:

«In the jar of the panel rebounding,

In the crash of the splintering wood,

In the ears to the earth-shock resounding,

In the eyes flashing fire and blood.»

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xviii.p. 226:

«A panel of fencing is not quite nine feet in length.»

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