panne

[ pan ]

noun
  1. a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.

Origin of panne

1
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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British Dictionary definitions for panne

panne

/ (pæn) /


noun
  1. a lightweight velvet fabric

Origin of panne

1
C19: via Old French, from Latin pinna wing, feather

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