panne

[ pan ]

noun
  1. a soft, lustrous, lightweight velvet with flattened pile.

Origin of panne

1
1785–95; <French, Old French, variant of pen(n)e, equivalent to Medieval Latin panna, penna skin, fur, apparently special use of Latin penna feather; compare Middle High German federe kind of fur

Words Nearby panne

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How to use panne in a sentence

  • The beach and the sand dunes round La panne were filled with drilling men, Belgium's new army.

    The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It had a wide bertha, cuffs and over panels of wisteria panne velvet.

  • La panne is passed, and we begin to turn out at an angle away from the coast.

    'Green Balls' | Paul Bewsher
  • The 127th brigade, however, went out into reserve at La panne and there we had a splendid time.

  • My day at La panne was therefore very sad, as I nearly perished with cold, and felt so ill.

British Dictionary definitions for panne

panne

/ (pæn) /


noun
  1. a lightweight velvet fabric

Origin of panne

1
C19: via Old French, from Latin pinna wing, feather

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