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Webster 1913 Edition
Pannier
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.
Definition 2024
pannier
pannier
English
A mule carrying two panniers.
Noun
pannier (plural panniers)
- A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders.
- A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.
- (historical, fashion) One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side.
Synonyms
- (decorative basket): corbeil
Translations
large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal
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decorative basket
hoop used to expand a woman's skirt to either side
References
- pannier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913