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Glass that's doing its best impression of not being there.
means A single sheet of glass set into a window or door frame.
from From Old French 'pan', meaning a piece or section of something (like a panel of cloth or a section of a wall), which traces back to Latin 'pannus' — a piece of cloth or rag. The word drifted from general 'section' to specifically the glass-filled section of a window as multi-paned windows became common.
- etymology
- from latin pannus, meaning cloth or rag
- window panes
- once taxed by count in 18th century england
- tax dodge
- houses built with fewer, bigger panes to save money