[pan.nier] also pan.ier n [ME panier, fr. MF, fr. L panarium, fr. panis bread--more at food] (13c) 1: a large container: as a: a basket often carried on the back of an animal or the shoulders of a person b: one of a pair of packs or baskets hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle)
2. a: one of a pair of hoops formerly used to expand women's skirts at the sides b: an overskirt draped at the sides of a skirt for an effect of fullness