Pannier (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
  2. a basket for carrying on a person's back, or one of a pair to be slung across the back of a beast of burden.
  3. a similar type of bag, usually one of a pair, fastened over a bicycle's rear wheel.
  4. (on a dress, skirt, etc.) a puffed arrangement of drapery at the hips.
  5. an oval framework formerly used for distending the skirt of a woman's dress at the hips.
noun
  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. (esp in the 18th century)
    • a hooped framework to distend a woman's skirt
    • one of two puffed-out loops of material worn drawn back onto the hips to reveal the underskirt
Pannier (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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