Panel

·noun A heap of dressed ore.

II. Panel ·noun One of the faces of a hewn stone.

III. Panel ·vt To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.

IV. Panel ·noun A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.

V. Panel ·noun A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.

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

VII. Panel ·noun A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.

VIII. Panel ·noun A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, ·etc.

IX. Panel ·noun Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.

X. Panel ·noun A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.

XI. Panel ·noun One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.

XII. Panel ·noun A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury.

XIII. Panel ·add. ·noun A segment of an aeroplane wing. In a biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.