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pannikel

pannikel noun: the brain-pan, or skull; hence, the crest.

Noun

pannikel (plural pannikels)

  1. (obsolete) The brain-pan, or skull; hence, the crest.
    • To him he turned, and with rigor fell / Smote him so rudely on the pannikell1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of pannikel

pluralpannikels

Origin of pannikel

See pan (“a dish”).

Questions about pannikel

What does pannikel mean?
Pannikel means the brain-pan, or skull; hence, the crest.
What part of speech is pannikel?
Pannikel is a noun.
What is the plural of pannikel?
The plural of pannikel is pannikels.

Words near pannikel in the dictionary

  1. pannierway
  2. pannierways
  3. pannierwise
  4. pannies
  5. panniform
  6. pannikel
  7. pannikell
  8. pannikells
  9. pannikels
  10. pannikin
  11. pannikin boss

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