▪ I. pand Sc.
(pænd)
Also dial. pan', pawn.
[Cf. OF. pandre = pendre to hang, pend pendant.]
A narrow curtain or piece of drapery, hung horizontally (usually box-pleated) from the framework of a bed; a valance.
| 1561 Inv. Royal Wardr. (1815) 123 Item ane claith of stait of blak velvot..with thre pandis quhairof thair is ane without frenyeis. 1648 Inv. in Spottiswoode Misc. (1844) I. 370 Ane stand of courtingis, with two piece of pand. 1692 Inv. in Scott. N. & Q. (1900) Dec. 92/1 Ane highe wanscot bed with purpure hingins and pand furnished with silk frenzies. 1756 M. Calderwood Jrnl. (1884) 72 Commonly a muslin or point ruffled pawn round it. 1818 Scott Br. Lamm. xxvi, Where's the..beds of state, twilts, pands and testors, napery and broidered wark? |
Hence ˈpanded a., having a pand or valance.
| 1578 Inv. Roy. Wardr. (1815) 210 Ane bed of claith of gold and silvir double pandit. |
▪ II. pand
obs. or dial. form of pawn.