Pannierwise
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In the manner of panniers, fastened on either side of the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried over both shoulders. not-comparable
"1874, W. Cave Thomas, “On the Centre-rail Railway,” Report of the Forty-Third Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Notes and Abstracts, p. 219, This differs from other projects bearing a similar title, in which carriages and engines are swung, pannierwise, on either side of a raised rail, beam, or wire."
Example
More examples"1874, W. Cave Thomas, “On the Centre-rail Railway,” Report of the Forty-Third Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Notes and Abstracts, p. 219, This differs from other projects bearing a similar title, in which carriages and engines are swung, pannierwise, on either side of a raised rail, beam, or wire."
Etymology
From pannier + -wise.
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