资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
2. (Law)
(a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the
names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff;
hence, more generally, the whole jury. --Blackstone.
(b) (Scots Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar
of a criminal court. --Burrill.
3. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a
soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
4. (Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove
of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
5. (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. --Gwilt.
6. (Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of
canvas, a picture is painted.
7. (Mining)
(a) A heap of dressed ore.
(b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size,
into which a mine is laid off in one system of
extracting coal.
8. (Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or
plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a
dress, for ornament.
9. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or
struts, as in a bridge truss.
{Panel game}, a method of stealing money in a panel house.
{Panel house}, a house of prostitution in which the rooms
have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices
of the inmates.
{Panel saw}, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out
panels, etc.
{Panel thief}, one who robs in a panel house.