panel workn.
/ˈpanl ˌwəːk/, U.S. /ˈpæn(ə)l ˌwərk/ 1. Panelling; work consisting of or containing panels, esp. panelled woodwork.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > panel-work > [noun]
panelling1610
panel work1792
1792 C. Wintersmith Let. 17 July in T. Jefferson Papers (1990) XXIV. 239 The midle Partition Wall could be made of Pennal Work.
1813 Deb. Congr. U.S. (1854) II. App. 2723 There shall be levied..on every coachee having pannel work in the upper division thereof, the yearly sum of ten dollars.
1886 R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. II. 510 The spaces between the windows..are decorated with panelwork.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 68/3 The rich cupboards were ornamented with carving and geometrical panel work.
1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 May xi. 23/1 This kas, from the last half of the 1700's and made of several close-grained woods, has fine, raised panel work.
2000 Scootering Mar. (Scooter Trader Suppl.) 16/2 Lambretta,..1958,..complete and in very good condition, excellent panel work and a good running engine.
2. Coal Mining. The working of a coal mine by division into panels (panel n.1 8).
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > dividing mine into panels
panel work1839
panel-working1883
panelling1900
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 976 This system is called panel work; because..it [sc. the mine] is divided into quadrangular panels.
1882 R. L. Galloway Hist. Coal Mining xv. 149 Panel-work..was first introduced [at Wallsend] in the year 1810.
2000 Platts Coal Outlook (Nexis) 24 Apr. Massey is close to getting a permit amendment to allow a longwall in Jerry Fork Eagle, where continuous miners have recently begun panel work in the Eagle seam.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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