n.
- a distinct section, typically rectangular, forming part of or set into a door, vehicle, garment, etc.
▸a decorated area within a larger design containing a separate subject.
- a flat board on which instruments or controls are fixed.
- a small group of people brought together to investigate or decide upon a particular matter.
▸Brit. a list of medical practitioners registered as accepting patients under the National Health Service.
▸chiefly N. Amer. a list of available jurors or a jury.
- Scots Law a person or people charged with a crime or offence.
v.
(panels, panelling, panelled; US panels, paneling, paneled)
[
usu. as adj. panelled]
cover (a wall or other surface) with panels.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (in sense ‘piece of parchment’, later ‘list’): from OFr., based on L. pannus ‘(piece of) cloth’.