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Webster 1913 Edition

Lanier

Lan′ier

,

Noun.

[F.

lanière

. See

.]

[Written also

lanner

,

lanyer

.]

1.

A thong of leather; a whip lash.

[Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

2.

A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like.

Fairholt.