† ˈpatch-ˌpanel, n. and a. Obs.
[f. patch v. + panel n.1]
A. n. One who patches panels; ? a jobbing or botching carpenter: an abusive appellation.
| 1593 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 280 The starkest Patch-pannell of them all, or the grossest hammer-drudge in a county. 1602 Dekker Satirom. Wks. 1873 I. 219 [Woman to retired Captain] Hang thee patch-pannell, I am none a thy Charing-Crosse. |
B. adj. Fit for patching panels or putting into patchwork; of little value as material.
| 1606 Wily Beguiled Prol., Why, noble Cerberus, nothing but patch-pannel stuff, old gallimawfries, and cotten candle eloquence. |