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

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And then, out of nowhere, a car gets loose and rams into his left-rear quarter panel. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2026 The truck is described as having a faded hood and a dent on the front left quarter panel. — Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Mar. 2026 The car also had a distinctive strip of tape on the passenger side where the rear bumper seam meets the quarter panel. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 There’s a sizable paint scrape on the right rear quarter panel where the car brushed against the internal wall of a moving truck during one of its cross-country trips. — Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for quarter panel

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of quarter panel was in 1919

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“Quarter panel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quarter%20panel. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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