† patch paneln.1adj.
Obsolete.
A. n.1
Probably: a jobbing carpenter, esp. one of limited ability. Also as a term of abuse.In quot. 1602 with punning allusion to parnel n. (cf. variants s.v.).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > woodworker > [noun] > carpenter > inexperienced or unskilled
patch panel1593
wood-butcher1883
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 183 The starkest Patch-pannell of them all, or the grosest hammer-drudge in a country.
1595 in F. G. Emmison Elizabethan Life (1973) (modernized text) II. 63 [The Witham wardens were] patch panels and pillards.
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. F2v [Woman to retired Captain] Hang thee patch-pannell, I am none a thy Charing-crosse.
B. adj.
Fit for patching panels or putting into patchwork; of little value as material.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little worth
undearc897
little worthc1175
sorry1372
petitc1390
simplec1440
noughty1508
quadrant1589
weak1600
cheapa1604
patch panel1606
unprizablea1616
petite1766
Sears-Roebuck1917
1606 Wily Beguilde Prol. 1 Why, noble Cerberus, nothing but patch-pannell stuffe, olde gally-mawfreies and cotten-candle eloquence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
patch paneln.2
/ˈpatʃ ˌpanl/, U.S. /ˈpætʃ ˌpæn(ə)l/ A panel in a computer or other device with a number of electrical sockets that may be connected in different ways; a device in which incoming and outgoing lines may be interconnected; = patchboard n. at patch n.1 Compounds.
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society > computing and information technology > hardware > [noun] > analogue component
patch cord1938
plugboard1946
patch bay1948
patchboard1949
patch panel1952
patch-plug1962
patch lead1964
1952 G. A. Korn & T. M. Korn Electronic Analog Computers viii. 339 It should..be possible to provide so-called removable patch panels of the type used in the IBM punched-card machines.
1967 N.Y. Times 9 Jan. 140 Basically, an analog computer consists of an assembly of individual electronic computing elements that can be interconnected by means of a ‘patch panel’ outside the machine.
1973 Physics Bull. Aug. 500/2 The new system, PB100, is a large, sophisticated unit..for rapidly simulating complex digital, analogue or hybrid systems. It features removable patch panels each of which will accommodate up to 44 dual-in-line integrated circuits.
1992 RS Components: Electronic & Electr. Products July 328/2 Inset mounting angles give adequate room for cable loops and can house most data patch panels.
2000 Independent 31 Jan. ii. 8/3 Thick bundles of bright, vinyl-clad cables snake along the black metal, terminating in patch panels adjacent to routers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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