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(pan′yər, -ē ər)

noun

a large basket; specif.,
1. a wicker basket for carrying loads on the back
2. either of a pair of baskets hung across the back of a donkey, horse, etc. for carrying loads
1. a framework, as of whalebone, wire, etc., used as formerly to puff out a skirt at the hips
2. a skirt extended or puffed at the hips to give the effect of a pannier

Origin: ME panier < MFr < L panarium, breadbasket < panis, bread: see food

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or pan·ier

noun

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.
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.
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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English panier

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin pānārium, breadbasket

Origin: , from pānis, bread; see pā- in Indo-European roots

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panˈniered adjective

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