panel

Topic: CLOTHES

Date:	1300-1400
Language:	Old French
Origin:	'piece of cloth, piece', from Latin pannus; PANE

panel
noun

pan‧el S1 W2 See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

[countable]

[also + plural verb British English]

a) a group of people with skills or specialist knowledge who have been chosen to give advice or opinions on a particular subject

panel of

A panel of experts has looked at the proposal.

on a panel

There will be at least three senior doctors on the panel.

b) AM a group of well-known people who answer questions on a radio or television programme [↪ panellist]

on a panel

We have two senior politicians on our panel tonight.

c) SCL American English a group of people who are chosen to listen to a case in a court of law and to decide the result [= jury]:

The panel spent 14 hours going over the evidence.

a) DHTB a flat piece of wood, glass etc with straight sides, which forms part of a door, wall, fence etc:

a stained glass panel

There were a few panels missing from the fence.

b) TTC a piece of metal that forms part of the outer structure of a vehicle:

One of the door panels was badly damaged and had to be replaced.

c) DCC a piece of material that forms part of a piece of clothing:

a skirt made in six panels

TT a board in a car, plane, boat etc that has the controls on it

AVP a thin board with a picture painted on it

Definition of panel from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
the topic CLOTHES