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Pannel(l, -al(l, n.² Also: -ale, -ald. [Late ME. and e.m.E. panel (c 1440), penelle (Caxton), pannell (1600) compartment, section of a fence or hurdle, panel of wood, OF. panel (mod. F. panneau), also panele, med. L. panellus, etc., strip of cloth, panel of wood, pane of glass, whence also Pan(n)elln.¹, dimin. of OF. pan, L. pannus, Pane n.¹]In plur. also without inflection.

1. Appar., a (? small, ? square or rectangular) piece or strip of cloth. 1497 Halyb. 156.
4 dossin of pannellis of rassit vark cost 3 grotis the stek 1498 Ib. 161.
A pip in the quhilk thar is 10 dossyn of pannall of rassit wark

2. A wooden panel; a (? rectangular) piece of wood fitting into a larger wooden framework. 1531–2 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 76.
Tua pundis of horne glew for glewin of certane pannalis and wyndo breddis Ib. 96.
x pece of braid knerrottis for brad pannalis to certane wyndois 1532 Ib. 67.
For … estland burd for pannalis sylling of certane kasit wyndois 1560 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 96.
For … glew to the kirk doris pannellis bownd wark 1560–1 Ib. 142.
xij glewit pannellis that suld heve beine put in the for face of the eist trevice 1574 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 41.
For taking out the pannallis of the said pres 1580 Reg. Privy C. III. 320.
Ane stand bed of eistland tymmer with rufe and pannell of the same 1603 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 8 June (see Mullo(u)r n. (c)). 1628-9 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II. 257 (see Mullo(u)r n. (c)).

3. A rectangular pane of glass in a mullioned window. a. One forming part of, and b. one made up of two or more sheets and forming the whole of, the window-light.(1) 1538–9 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 260.
For … new glas to vi pannellis to the south gavill wyndois 1539–41 Ib. 285.
For xxiiii pannellis to viii lychtis in the new chapell … tua pannellis to the brewhous and wester seller of x futtis 1552–3 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 337.
For vj fute of new glas in ane pannell in Sanct Thomas ile 1553–4 Ib. 347.
For ane pannell of glas to the Haly-blude ile 1555–6 Ib. 365.
In the consistre yle xvj pannells, v^xx xij fute new glas and the O in the heid of the said windo contenand xxx fute new glas 1557–8 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 86.
Pannale 1583 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 177.
The wyndow of the new kirk quhair the greit pannell of glas was 1611 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 339.
Three pannells taken downe and latchited and set into new leid 1612 Ib. 340.
In the Queeines hall ane pannell conteining throttie feits quhairof thair is sextene feit auld glas sett in new leid and fourtene feit of new glas augmented therto Ib.
Pannald 1623 Linlithgow B. Rec. 20 Sept.
Pannallis 1628 Ib. 19 Sept.
Pannell(2) 1554–5 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 356.
For twa pannell of glas

4. A pre-fabricated section of wooden walling making up part of the external wall of a house or part of a sea-wall or bulwark. 1554–5 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 144.
To xiiij warkmen to rais the haill twa bund pannallis of the said hous be fors Ib. 159.
xxxj faddome of cords to fessan the cowpillis togidder of the greit pannell 1554–5 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 308. 1555–6 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 183.
To the wrichtis to mak the outmest pannell gude and to set up twa pannallis nixt the land [in Newhaven] Ib. 189.
Brayd sparris to be bakking to the land pannell Ib. 192, 194. 1556 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 253. 1582 Crail B. Ct. MS. 1 Nov.
Jhone Reid … sall repair … the west heid of the said peir and sall … set vpe ane innar pannell bak and angler the samin 1611 Arbroath B. Rec. in Cramond Sc. Drink 22.
At the lintling of every cupill of the said pannell

5. ? A piece or lump or ? a loaf, of sugar. 1681 Blackness Customs 31 b.
Nyne pund pannellis sugar