Meaning

noun sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something

noun a committee appointed to judge a competition

noun (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)

originFrom Middle English panel (“piece of cloth, saddle pad, pane of glass, piece of ice, part, division, jury list, jury members”), from Anglo-Norman panel, panelle (“piece of cloth, saddle cushion”), from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Old English fana (“a piece of cloth, patch, banner, flag,…

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