Pannier Definition

panyər, panēər
panniers
noun
A large basket.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage
A framework, as of whalebone, wire, etc., used as formerly to puff out a skirt at the hips.
Webster's New World
A skirt extended or puffed at the hips to give the effect of such a framework.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pannier

Noun

Singular:
pannier
Plural:
panniers

Origin of Pannier

  • Middle English panier from Old French from Latin pānārium breadbasket from pānis bread pā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French panier, from Latin pānārium (“a bread basket"), from pānis (“bread").

    From Wiktionary

Pannier Sentence Examples

  • With his silver pride and joy secured to the bike rack, a spare change of clothes and rain gear in his pannier and some fruit and crackers for a snack, he rolled away from town to the peace and quiet of the countryside.

  • Two upstream activators, Pannier and Iroquois, bind to the enhancer sequences and regulate achaete-scute expression.

  • However, if you ride a super-lightweight bike, with carbon-fibre wheels, you should seriously consider carrying a small anvil in your pannier.

  • Shop sells over 70 varieties of exotic cheese and the like so you might want to have a pannier with you.

  • I put my sleeping bag in one front pannier, the tent fabric and enough food and cooking equipment for dinner in the other.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAN

Words Ending With

RERIER

Unscrambles

pannier

Words Starting With P and Ending With R

Starts With P & Ends With RStarts With PA & Ends With RStarts With P & Ends With ER

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With P7 Letter Words Ending With R