ˈpanel-work
1. Work in wood, stone, etc., consisting of or containing panels; esp. panelled woodwork.
| 1874 Parker Gothic Archit. i. vi. 195 The windows frequently appear to be only openings in the panel-work. 1886 Willis & Clark Cambridge II. 510 The spaces between the windows..are decorated with panelwork. |
2. The working of a mine by division into panels.
| 1847 E. Cresy Encycl. Civ. Eng. I. 695 Panel work was introduced, fifty years ago. [See panel n.1 11.] 1882 Galloway Hist. Coal Mining xv. 149 Panel-work..was first introduced [at Wallsend] in the year 1810. |
So panel-working.
| 1883 Gresley Gloss. Coal-mining, Panel-working, a system of working coal seams..in the North of England. |