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Definition of Pannier
1. Noun. Either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle).
2. Noun. A large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person.
3. Noun. Set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips.
Definition of Pannier
1. n. A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass
Definition of Pannier
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits. ¹
3. Noun. (historical fashion) One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pannier
1. a large basket [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pannier
1. 1. A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass 2. 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. Origin: F. Panier, fr. L. Panarium a bread basket, fr. Panis bread. Cf. Pantry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pannier
Literary usage of Pannier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"stone, with its figure of а тал or boy sitting upon a pannier or maund, and the
date 1688, ... Was the pannier stone of 1688 placed there •Reviews. ..."
2. London and Its Celebrities: A Second Series of Literary and Historical by John Heneage Jesse (1850)
"pannier ALLEY. — OLD CHRIST CHURCH, NEWGATE. PERSONS INTERRED THERE. MODERN CHRIST
CHURCH, NEWGATE.—CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—ST.. SEPULCHRE'S CHURCH. ..."
3. Middle Temple Table Talk: With Some Talk about the Table Itself by William George Thorpe (1895)
"... in Middle Temple Hall—The Manciple —His catering—The call to Mess—The
pannier—"Attention"—Entry of the procession—The Grace—"Is it the original one ? ..."
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