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See also:PANE (Fr. See also:pan, See also:Lat. pannus, a See also:cloth, garment) , originally a piece of See also:cloth, especially one of a number of pieces of cloth or other material joined to See also:form one piece for a garment; the word is thus also applied to the " slashes " in the material of a See also:dress made to show a See also:rich lining or the See also:colour of a lining when different from the See also:outer See also:side of the garment . In this sense the word only survives in See also:English in " counterpane," an outer coverlet for a See also:bed . " See also:Pane " is used frequently for the See also:flat side of anything, especially in See also:diamond-cutting of the sides to the " table " of a brilliant, or to the faces of a See also:bolt See also:nut or See also:hammer-See also:head . The most See also:common use of the word now is that of a piece of See also:glass filling a compartment in a window . In See also:architecture the word is also applied to a See also:bay of a window, compartment of a See also:partition, side of a See also:tower, See also:turret, &c . |
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