panier
- a variation of pannier.
Example Sentences
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The collection was broadly inspired by 18th Century court costumes, seen in soft, dressing gown coats with pretty gathered details, wide panier skirts kept short, and pretty velvet ribbons tied in the hair.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Also included in the sale is Nature morte au panier de fruits et aux fleurs, a still life painted by Picasso during the Nazi occupation of Paris in 1942 and valued at $10m-$15m.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2021
She wears a high tiara of purplish-brown, with a white border, and her dress consists of a richly embroidered jacket, with laced bodice, and a skirt with a short double panier or apron.
From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James
The answer is that the original comparison was to a "panier percé," a basket which won't hold anything.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
The panier with which it pleases the ladies of the period to protuberate their persons was of Chinese origin.
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 30, October 22, 1870 by Various
