Definitions for: Pannier

[n] set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips
[n] a large wicker basket (usually one of a pair)

Webster (1913) Definition: Pan"nier, n. [F. panier, fr. L. panarium a bread
basket, fr. panis bread. Cf. Pantry.]
1. A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in
pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an
ass --Hudibras.

2. (Mil. Antiq.) A shield of basket work formerly used by
archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.

3. A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.

4. A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand
their dresses; a kind of bustle.

See Also: hoop, wicker basket

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