Pannier

['pænɪə] or ['pænɪɚ]

Definition

(noun.) set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips.

(noun.) a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person.

(noun.) either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle).

Edited by Kelsey--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass

(n.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.

(n.) A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.

(n.) A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.

Inputed by Laura

Definition

n. a bread-basket: one of two baskets thrown across a horse's back for carrying light produce to market: (archit.) a corbel: a contrivance for puffing out a woman's dress at the hips: a piece of basket-work for protecting archers or when filled with gravel or sand for forming and protecting dikes embankments &c.—adj. Pann′iered loaded with panniers.

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