pan·nier or pan·ier (p n y r, - -r)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 p  nrium, breadbasket, from pnis, bread; see p- in Indo-European roots.]pan niered adj. |
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