panel boardn.
/ˈpanl ˌbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈpæn(ə)l ˌbɔrd/ 1. A wooden board used as a panel. Frequently: spec. a piece of heavy or dense fibreboard; (as a mass noun) this type of board.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > materials made from paper or pulp > [noun] > fibreboard
panel board1848
fibreboard1897
Essex board1933
1848 Times 31 May 15/4 A coach-maker's stock in trade,..comprising..panel boards, spokes, new brougham wheels, [etc.].
1868 C. T. Chase Man. School-houses & Cottages 64 Enclose the grounds with a substantial defence against the incursions of stock allowed to roam at large. A good panel board fence need only be named.
1929 Daily News 16 Jan. 11/1 (advt.) Doors, window sashes, wainscotings, panel boards and panelling can be artistically metalized with one metal on another.
1956 M. J. Friedlænder From Van Eyck to Bruegel 33 Not only are the panel boards long and wide,..but the three-dimensional space recedes in accordance with the surface extension of the picture plane.
2003 Forestry & Brit. Timber (Nexis) 5 Mar. 7 The UK produces somewhere between 5 and 7.5m tonnes of post-consumer wood waste each year. Of this, only 800 000t (10-16%) is recycled, mostly into panelboard.
2. A panel on which switches, gauges, etc., are mounted for the remote control or monitoring of equipment; a control panel.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > control panel or unit
brain-box1876
control box1878
control panel1902
panel board1905
board1940
console1944
touch panel1957
keypad1966
pad1976
zapper1984
1905 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 13 (end matter) (advt.) We are manufacturers of knife switches, panel boards, switch boards.
1959 E. Schultz & W. Simmons Offices in Sky 65 An elaborate panel board..told the starter where each elevator was at all times.
1984 Mod. Office Technol. (Nexis) Mar. 76 A central panelboard of circuit breakers controls the lighting in many offices.
2001 C. H. Wendel Encycl. Antique Tools & Machinery 93/1 Factories, power plants, and waterworks plants were often equipped with a large panel board containing all the necessary gauges to show the activities of various parts of the operation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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