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pan·nier
or pan·ier (păn′yər, -ē-ər)n.
1. A large wicker basket, especially:
a. One of a pair of baskets carried on the shoulders of a person or on either side of a pack animal.
b. A basket carried on a person's back.
2. A basket or pack, usually one of a pair, that fastens to the rack of a bicycle and hangs over the side of one of the wheels.
3.
a. A framework of wire, bone, or other material formerly used to expand a woman's skirt at the hips.
b. A skirt or an overskirt puffed out at the hips.
[Middle English panier, from Old French, from Latin pānārium, breadbasket, from pānis, bread; see pā- in Indo-European roots.]
pan′niered adj.
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pannier
(ˈpænɪə)n
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. (Clothing & Fashion) (esp in the 18th century)
a. a hooped framework to distend a woman's skirt
b. one of two puffed-out loops of material worn drawn back onto the hips to reveal the underskirt
[C13: from Old French panier, from Latin pānārium basket for bread, from pānis bread]
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pan•nier
or pan•ier
(ˈpæn yər, -i ər)n.
1. a basket, esp. a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
2. one of a pair of baskets to be slung across the back of a pack animal.
3. Also called pan′nier drape`. (on a dress, skirt, etc.) a puffed arrangement of drapery at the hips.
4. Often, panniers. an oval framework or a pair of hoops formerly used for distending the skirt of a dress at the hips.
[1250–1300; Middle English panier < Middle French < Latin pānārium breadbasket =pān(is) bread + -ārium -ary; see -ier2]
pan′niered, adj.
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| Noun | 1. | pannier - either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle) bag - a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag" |
| 2. |  pannier - a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a personwicker basket - a basket made of wickerwork | |
| 3. | pannier - set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips hoop - a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt |
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cykeltaskesidekurv
kuormakoripyörälaukkuvanne
málháskosár
hliîartöskur; klyfjakarfa
mantu sainisnasta
prútený kôš
pannier
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pannier
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pannier
(ˈpӕniə) noun one of a pair of baskets, bags etc carried on either side of the back of a horse, bicycle, motorbike etc.
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