Crossword clues for pannier
pannier
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pannier \Pan"nier\, n. [F. panier, fr. L. panarium a bread basket, fr. panis bread. Cf. Pantry.]
A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass
--Hudibras.(Mil. Antiq.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.
A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.
A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., "large basket for provisions," from Old French panier "basket," from Latin panarium "bread basket," from panis "bread" (see food).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders. 2 A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits. 3 (context historical fashion English) One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side.
WordNet
n. a large wicker basket (usually one of a pair)
set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips
Wikipedia
thumb|upright=1.35|Modern touring bicycle with panniers
A pannier is a basket, bag, box, or similar container, carried in pairs either slung over the back of a beast of burden, or attached to the sides of a bicycle or motorcycle. The term derives from a Middle English borrowing of the Old French panier, meaning 'bread basket'.
Panniers or side hoops are women's undergarments worn in the 17th and 18th centuries to extend the width of the skirts at the side while leaving the front and back relatively flat. This provided a panel where woven patterns, elaborate decorations and rich embroidery could be displayed and fully appreciated.
A pannier is a storage container (basket, bag, or similar) used during transportation.
Pannier can also refer to:
- Pannier tank locomotive, a type of steam locomotive
- Pannier (clothing), an 18th-century undergarment
Usage examples of "pannier".
Vickers strapped to the humpy backs of a dozen camels, and the cases of ammunition riding high in the panniers.
The Earl of Northam indicated the stage, where Miss India Parr was standing with her fists resting on the wide panniers of her gown, and her elbows cocked sharply outward.
The unsearched panniers remained full of jumbled odds and ends and the Light knew what, but those she and Aviendha had emptied now bulged with coarse sacks of flour and salt, beans and lentils.
Yet she buys from posh London shops, has panniers of pricey victuals delivered by yak drovers each rustic dawn.
Kivrin still needed to fetch the blankets and the candles, but she wanted to put the sacraments in the panniers first.
She also filled up the panniers, and put the last of it on a packboard to carry herself.
The good man of the house perceiving her, said : O good and profitable pullet that feedest us every day with thy fruit, thou seemest as though thou wouldest give us some pittance for our dinner : Ho boy put the Pannier in the corner that the Hen may lay.
I had no bulging panniers of gold, no wagons, no cillas full of treasure for the beast on Shadow Mountain, no porters and servants and horned flenx to guard it all.
Floyt looked back grandly as Pokesnout took position, gazing over the shifting gawks, a number of the high backs bearing panniers of netvine.
She watched while Jondalar helped Ayla fasten the side basket panniers on Whinney with the harness arrangement she had devised.
Ayla had outfitted her earlier in harness and panniers in preparation for leaving.
Tulie looked at Ayla and the horse, with the travois and panniers, obviously impressed.
His companions left him where he lay on the ground, took his horse and panniers, and continued up the bank, ignoring his pleas to come back.
All I had was a few panniers to bribe the spoiled beast, but that, by the High Sorrows, would just have to be enough.
I calmed down and hurried back to the horses, impatient to get the panniers and take them to the eyrie entrance behind the waterfall.