pannier

[ pan-yer, -ee-er ]
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noun
  1. a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.

  2. a basket for carrying on a person's back, or one of a pair to be slung across the back of a beast of burden.

  1. a similar type of bag, usually one of a pair, fastened over a bicycle's rear wheel.

  2. (on a dress, skirt, etc.) a puffed arrangement of drapery at the hips.

  3. an oval framework formerly used for distending the skirt of a woman's dress at the hips.

Origin of pannier

1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English panier, from Middle French, from Latin pānārium “breadbasket,” equivalent to pān(is) “bread” + -ārium noun and adjective suffix; see -ary, -ier2
  • Also pan·ier .

Other words from pannier

  • panniered, adjective
  • un·pan·niered, adjective

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How to use pannier in a sentence

  • Hamza took down the panniers after laying his wand of sugar-cane upon the burning ground.

    Bella Donna | Robert Hichens
  • Alabanda lies at the foot of two eminences, in such a manner as to present the appearance of an ass with panniers.

  • It was no use talking to him of panniers and loose sleeves, and lockets.

    Mystic London: | Charles Maurice Davies
  • It would just be the very thing for Mrs. Luttridge; then she would revenge herself without mercy for the ass and her panniers.

  • After giving him the customary good wishes, I remarked upon the excellence of the vegetables which he had in his panniers.

    Aurelian | William Ware

British Dictionary definitions for pannier

pannier

/ (ˈpænɪə) /


noun
  1. a large basket, esp one of a pair slung over a beast of burden

  2. one of a pair of bags slung either side of the back wheel of a motorcycle, bicycle, etc

  1. (esp in the 18th century)

    • a hooped framework to distend a woman's skirt

    • one of two puffed-out loops of material worn drawn back onto the hips to reveal the underskirt

Origin of pannier

1
C13: from Old French panier, from Latin pānārium basket for bread, from pānis bread

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