PANNIER


Meaning of PANNIER in English

— panniered , adj.

/pan"yeuhr, -ee euhr/ , n.

1. a basket, esp. 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.

Also, panier .

[ 1250-1300; ME panier panarium breadbasket, equiv. to pan ( is ) bread + - arium -ARY; see -IER 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .