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pannier

or pan·ier

[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.
  3. a similar type of bag, usually one of a pair, fastened over a bicycle's rear wheel.
  4. (on a dress, skirt, etc.) a puffed arrangement of drapery at the hips.
  5. an oval framework formerly used for distending the skirt of a woman's dress at the hips.
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Origin of pannier

1250–1300; Middle English panier < Middle French < Latin pānārium breadbasket, equivalent to pān(is) bread + -ārium -ary; see -ier2
Related formspan·niered, adjectiveun·pan·niered, adjective
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Historical Examples

  • At least, matters are no worse than when you were in the pannier.

    The Sea-Hawk

    Raphael Sabatini

  • At any moment her presence in that pannier might be betrayed.

    The Sea-Hawk

    Raphael Sabatini

  • And to the men upon the waist-deck he shouted, "Open me that pannier."

    The Sea-Hawk

    Raphael Sabatini

  • Chemerant was in the room of the Gascon when the pannier was brought in.

  • I fear my beautiful specimens are spoiled in the pannier here.

    Trapped by Malays

    George Manville Fenn

British Dictionary definitions for pannier

pannier

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
  3. (esp in the 18th century)
    1. a hooped framework to distend a woman's skirt
    2. one of two puffed-out loops of material worn drawn back onto the hips to reveal the underskirt
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Word Origin

C13: from Old French panier, from Latin pānārium basket for bread, from pānis bread
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Word Origin and History for pannier

n.

late 13c., "large basket for provisions," from Old French panier "basket," from Latin panarium "bread basket," from panis "bread" (see food).

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