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pannier

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pan·nier or pan·ier  (pnyr, --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 pnrium, breadbasket, from pnis, bread; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

panniered adj.

pannier [ˈpænɪə]
n
1. a large basket, esp one of a pair slung over a beast of burden
2. one of a pair of bags slung either side of the back wheel of a motorcycle, bicycle, etc.
3. (Clothing & Fashion) (esp in the 18th century)
a.  a hooped framework to distend a woman's skirt
b.  one of two puffed-out loops of material worn drawn back onto the hips to reveal the underskirt
[from Old French panier, from Latin pānārium basket for bread, from pānis bread]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pannier - either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
bag - a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"
2.pannierpannier - a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person
wicker basket - a basket made of wickerwork
3.pannier - set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips
hoop - a light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt
Translations
pannier [ˈpænɪəʳ] N (for horse etc) → cuévano m; (for cycle etc) (also pannier bag) → cartera f, bolsa f

pannier [ˈpæniər] n
(on animal)bât m
(on bicycle)sacoche f

pannier
nKorb m; (on motor-cycle etc) → Satteltasche f; (for mule etc) → Tragkorb m

pannier [ˈpænɪəʳ] n (gen) → paniere m; (on bicycle) → borsa; (on animal) → bisaccia
pannier [ˈpænɪəʳ] n (gen) → paniere m; (on bicycle) → borsa; (on animal) → bisaccia

pannier
n pannier [ˈpӕniə]
one of a pair of baskets, bags etc carried on either side of the back of a horse, bicycle, motorbike etc. draagmandjie سَلَّة من السَّلَّتَين панер koš sidekurv; cykeltaske die Doppelpacktasche (pl.) κοφίνι alforja; bolsa sadulakorv, sadulakott سبد sivulaukku panier סַל टोकरा koševi kao bisage,torbica na mopedu (nagy) málháskosár kantung pelana hliðartöskur; klyfjakarfa paniere, cestino 荷かご 짐 바구니 krepšys nasta; mantu sainis sejenis bakul mand, tas sykkelveske; sidekurv sakwa alforge coş корзина; короб prútený kôš košara korpa za bicikl cykel-, packväska ถุงหรือตะกร้าใส่ของที่แขวนข้างรถจักรยานหรือมอเตอร์ไซค์ küfe 筐,馱簍 корзина, короб ٹوکري جو باربردار جانور کے اوپر ہوتي ہے giỏ xe đạp/ xe máy; sọt trên lưng ngựa


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It was on this account, no doubt, that a boat was detached from the bark as soon as the latter had cast anchor, and came with eight sailors, amidst whom was to be seen an object of an oblong form, a sort of large pannier or bale.
"You are fourteen; and we consider ourselves young ladies at that age," continued Fanny, surveying, with complacency, the pile of hair on the top of her head, with a fringe of fuzz round her forehead, and a wavy lock streaming down her back; likewise, her scarlet-and-black suit, with its big sash, little pannier, bright buttons, points, rosettes, and, heaven knows what.
"Then," said the Ass, "as long as I carry the panniers, what matters it to me whom I serve?
 
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