pannikel

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noun

The brain-pan, or skull; hence, the crest.

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Meanings

nounpannikel (plural pannikels)

plural pannikels

  1. obsoleteThe brain-pan, or skull; hence, the crest.

    To him he turned, and with rigor fell / Smote him so rudely on the pannikell

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

See pan (“a dish”).

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APA

pannikel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pannikel

MLA

“pannikel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pannikel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pannikel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pannikel.

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