pane
/ˈpeɪ̯n/ noun, verb
Also a form of peen
Forms panes paning paned panéing panéed
- noun An individual sheet of glass or other transparent material in a window, door, etc. “We need doubling glazing as this window pane lets out lots of heat.”
- noun (computing, graphical user interface) A portion of a user interface that typically makes up part of a larger window and may be docked or snapped into position.
- noun A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.
- noun A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
- noun One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
- noun (architecture) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building. “metal panes on an outhouse”
- noun A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain. “way-panes”
- noun One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides. “wooden panes of an insulation box”
- verb (transitive) To fit with panes.
- verb (cooking, nonstandard, chiefly in the past tense) To bread; to coat in breadcrumbs or breading.
Synonyms
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Etymology
From Middle English pane, pan, from Old French pan, from Latin pannus, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Doublet of pagne and pannus.
From French.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.
- noun A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern.
- noun One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
Etymology [F. panne.]
Etymology [OE. pan part, portion of a thing, F. pan a skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side, fr. L. pannus a cloth, fillet, rag; akin to E. vane. See Vane, and cf. Panel, Pawn pledge.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “pane”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details