panne

[pan]

panne

[pan]
noun
a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.

Origin:
1785–95; < French, Old French, variant of pen(n)e, equivalent to Medieval Latin panna, penna skin, fur, apparently special use of Latin penna feather; compare Middle High German federe kind of fur
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Panne is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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panne (pæn)
 
n
a lightweight velvet fabric
 
[C19: via Old French, from Latin pinna wing, feather]

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