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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
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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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