pan·nier

or pan·ier (păn′yər, -ē-ər)

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.

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 pānārium, breadbasket, from pānis, bread; see pā- in Indo-European roots.]

pan′niered adj.

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