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Webster 1913 Edition


Pannier

Pan′nier

,
Noun.
[F.
panier
, fr. L.
panarium
a bread basket, fr.
panis
bread. Cf.
Pantry
.]
1.
A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass
Hudibras.
2.
(Mil. Antiq.)
A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy’s missiles.
3.
A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.
4.
A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pannier

PANNIER

,
Noun.
pan'yer. [L. panis, bread.] A wicker basket; primarily, a bread-basket, but used for carrying fruit or other things on a horse.