pannier

[ pan-yer, -ee-er ]

noun

1. a basket, especially a large one, for carrying goods, provisions, etc.
2. a basket for carrying on a person's back, or one of a pair to be slung across the back of a beast of burden.
3. a similar type of bag, usually one of a pair, fastened over a bicycle's rear wheel.
4. (on a dress, skirt, etc.) a puffed arrangement of drapery at the hips.
5. an oval framework formerly used for distending the skirt of a woman's dress at the hips.

pannier

/ ˈpænɪə /

noun

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. esp in the 18th century
   1. a hooped framework to distend a woman's skirt
   2. one of two puffed-out loops of material worn drawn back onto the hips to reveal the underskirt

Other Words From

• panniered adjective
• un·panniered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pannier¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English panier, from Middle French, from Latin pānārium “breadbasket,” equivalent to pān(is) “bread” + -ārium noun and adjective suffix; -ary, -ier ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of pannier¹

C13: from Old French panier, from Latin pānārium basket for bread, from pānis bread

Example Sentences

Watering and feeding were followed by saddling and attaching the panniers, a process we soon realized created more than a physical attachment.

From Washington Post

When we arrived in Montana, we spent a night packing up the panniers that Dueñas had provided before our trek, evenly distributing the weight.

From Washington Post

Fitted with panniers and racks, e-bikes let kids pedal themselves to lacrosse practice or violin lessons.

From Outside Online

Bike Denali is a one-stop shop that rents mountain-bike kits, complete with high-visibility panniers, bear spray, helmets, and more.

From Outside Online

I used a two-person tent and easily filled it with myself and my panniers, which I emptied and reorganized nightly.

From Washington Post

Then presently she saw Freyo with a heavy pannier strapped upon his back; but not one bit of oak or walnut wood had he.

From Project Gutenberg

The children gathered round her large pannier as it opened, but they did not touch any of her things.

From Project Gutenberg

That of Pyralis tuberculana constructs a pannier-shaped one of the parenchyma of the leaves of plants.

From Project Gutenberg

Then she laid the child in the pannier with a soft cushion under, and a silk cloth over her, so that she lay there happily.

From Project Gutenberg

A Shegedef is a kind of long pannier in which the richer pilgrims lie or sit one on each side of a camel.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dress
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