Pan·el n.
 1. Arch. A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
 2. Law (a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole group of persons summoned on a particular day, from whom a jury is to be selected; also, the jury selected from that group. --Blackstone. (b) Scots Law A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. --Burrill.
 4. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
 5. Joinery A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
 6. Masonry One of the faces of a hewn stone.
 7. Painting A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.
 8. Mining (a) A heap of dressed ore. (b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
 9. Dressmaking A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
 10. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
 11. Aëronautics A segment of an aëroplane wing.  In a biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.
 Panel game, a method of stealing money in a panel house.
 Panel house, a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft from customers by accomplices of the inmates.
 Panel saw, handsaw with fine teeth, -- used for cutting out panels, etc.
 Panel thief, one who robs in a panel house.