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’.