quarter panel

noun

plural quarter panels

: a side section of an automobile body between the door and the trunk or between the door and the hood

a dent in a rear/front quarter panel

A lap nine encounter with Robert Pressley's Chevy forced Labonte to pit for left-rear quarter-panel repairs.

—Steve Crowe

Flag emblems became popular automotive dress-up items. They usually were affixed to the front quarter panel and they might be an American stars-and-stripes to show patriotism or they might reflect the flag or colors of the motorist's country of ancestry.

—Richard A. Wright

Examples of quarter panel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Mitsuoka At the back, the taillights are mounted on the quarter panels – something that was common in pre-1961 C1 Corvettes. — New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026

The Timberland Stone Street Platform 6-inch Boot is available now in new burgundy and black full-grain leather looks with stud embellishments across their lateral and medial quarter panels. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026

The Harley struck the left front quarter panel of the Subaru, sending the bike airborne across the driveway and off the left side of the road, state police said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026

And then, out of nowhere, a car gets loose and rams into his left-rear quarter panel. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for quarter panel

• multichannel
• perianal
• annal
• annul
• cannel
• channel
• flannel
• pannel