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Pannier

//ˈpæn.i.ɚ// noun

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Noun

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.
"Until 1785 the slates were conveyed from the quarries to the port in panniers on the backs of horses, but in that year Lord Penrhyn built a good road from the quarry to the village of Llandegai (on the Chester and Holyhead road) and also continued it in the opposite direction a further nine miles to Capel Curig; […]."
2
set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips wordnet
3
A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.
4
a large basket (usually one of a pair) carried by a beast of burden or on by a person wordnet
5
One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side. historical

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6
either of a pair of bags or boxes hung over the rear wheel of a vehicle (as a bicycle) wordnet
7
A breadbasket.
8
A piece of basketwork for protecting archers, or, filled with gravel or sand, for forming and protecting embankments, etc. historical

Etymology

From Middle English panere, panȝere, panyere, from Old French panier, paniere, from Latin pānārium (“a bread basket”), from pānis (“bread”). Doublet of panary.

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