Middle English Dictionary Entry
panne n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | panne n.(2) |
| Etymology | ML panna & OF panne. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A horizontal timber fastened upon or in a wall to support joists or rafters, a wall plate; ~ pece, pannes bord, a piece of timber to be made into a wall plate.
Associated quotations
- (1284) in Salzman Building in Engl.203 : [One] pannepece [of oak, 40 ft. long -- 4 s.; one] pannepece [of alder].
- (1303) in Salzman Building in Engl.204 : [Setting up the feet of the rafters..and..placing new] pannes [under them].
- (1391) *Acc.R.Shirborn : [Theft of] un' pansborde.
- (1420) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8515 : William of Alne in hys tenement in Coppergate in York walles even uppe thurgh fra the grunde uppe to the panne.
- (1472) in Salzman Building in Engl.204 : Ele pannys [and] panpesys.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)92a : A Panne of A house: panna.