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pane

[peyn]
–noun
1. one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
2. a plate of glass for such a division.
3. a panel, as of a wainscot, ceiling, door, etc.
4. a flat section, side, or surface, as one of the sides of a bolthead.
5. Philately. a sheet of stamps or any large portion of one, as a half or a quarter, as issued by the post office.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME pane, pan strip of cloth, section < MF pan < L pannus cloth; akin to OE fana flag; see vane


paneless, adjective

pa⋅né

[pa-ney; Fr. pa-ney]
–adjective
(of food) prepared with bread crumbs; breaded.

Origin:
< F
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pane   (pān)   
n.  
    1. A framed section of a window or door that is usually filled with a sheet of glass or other transparent material.

    2. The transparent material used to fill such a section.

  1. A panel, as of a door or wall.

  2. One of the flat surfaces or facets of an object, such as a bolt, having many sides.


[Middle English, section, pane of glass, from Old French pan, piece of cloth, panel, from Latin pannus, cloth; see pan- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

pane 
c.1250, "garment, part of a garment," later "side of a building, section of a wall," from O.Fr. pan "piece, panel" (11c.), from L. pannum (nom. pannus) "piece of cloth, garment," probably cognate with Goth. fana "piece of cloth," Gk. penos "web." Sense of "window glass" first attested 1466.
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