pane

UK: /ˈpeɪn/ US: /peɪn/ ,(pān)

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pane /peɪn/   n. [countable]

1. Building one of the divisions of a window, made of a single plate of glass in a frame.

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pane  (pān), n. 

1. Building one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
2. Building a plate of glass for such a division.
3. Building a panel, as of a wainscot, ceiling, door, etc.
4. Building a flat section, side, or surface, as one of the sides of a bolthead.
5. Stamps [Philately.] a sheet of stamps or any large portion of one, as a half or a quarter, as issued by the post office.

• Latin pannus cloth; akin to Old English fana flag; see vane
• Middle French pan
• Middle English pane, pan strip of cloth, section 1250–1300

pane′less, adj. 

pa•né  (pa nā′; Fr. pa nā′), adj. 

1. Food (of food) prepared with bread crumbs;
   breaded.

• French

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pane / peɪn/ noun

1. a sheet of glass in a window or door
2. a panel of a window, door, wall, etc
3. a flat section or face, as of a cut diamond
4. a single page in a stamp booklet
   See also tête-bêche

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French pan portion, from Latin pannus rag

pane / peɪn/ noun , verb

1. a variant of peen