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The transparent rectangles standing between you and the weather you're judging.
means Panes are the flat sheets of glass set into a window or door frame.
from From Latin pannus, a cloth or patch, which became Old French pan, a section or piece — glass borrowed the word for its framed segments.
Pre-glassMedieval panes were often thin horn or oiled cloth.
Tax historyEngland taxed windows, so owners bricked panes shut.
Spelling trapPanes are glass, pains are agony, easily confused.