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Definition of pannier in English: panniernoun ˈpanɪəˈpæniər 1A basket, especially one of a pair carried by a beast of burden. Example sentencesExamples - Periodically there might be a single rider coming into town with panniers on his llama, but that was about the extent of the traffic.
- These are the vendors who lug two heavy-looking panniers around with the help of a piece of pliable wood across their shoulder.
- They sounded idyllic and I began to break one of the golden rules of donkey-driving - never feel sorry for the donkey - as I watched Anatole, the brave little trooper, struggling between his 40-pound panniers.
- Under direction, I tied the wet end to Anatole's saddle, having removed the panniers.
- Large heavy items were either carried on primitive carts or dragged on sledges, and loose bulk materials were carried in panniers on horses.
Synonyms receptacle, container, holder, vessel, box, case - 1.1 Each of a pair of bags or boxes fitted on either side of the rear wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle.
Example sentencesExamples - He was also wheeling a black cycle with panniers.
- Early on the Sunday we parked Tim's car on the northern bank of the river, got out our mountain bikes, panniers and backpacks and we were off.
- However, when I throw my rear panniers on and ride the bike at higher speeds, the bike will shimmy if I remove my hands from the bars.
- The camera was transmitting to a video camera and receiver stashed in the pannier of a bicycle locked to a lamppost nearby.
- A substantial grab rail for the pillion provides security, plus hard panniers, a tank bag and touring windscreen are available.
- Having discovered a mutual passionate love of food, travel and adventure, they pack up their panniers, rev up their bikes and head off in search of authentic culinary and cultural experiences in all corners of the world.
- On a touring bike it was acceptable as long as the touring bike stuck to the script: Load up some panniers and don some bright yellow rain gear and a hard-shell helmet.
- Each secondary school is leasing two new bicycles, fully kitted out with lighting and panniers strong enough to carry schoolbooks, from Cycle Heaven in York.
- The bikers are trained both as ambulance paramedics and professional motorcyclists and carry enough equipment in their panniers, from oxygen cylinders to defibrillators, to cover almost every eventuality.
- In Hong Kong in 1994, I dumped my backpack for a bike and panniers.
- Thousands of hardy travelers hitched panniers to their 10-speeds and pedaled off to see the country and the world.
- The factory workers, the cops, the carpenters, the plumbers, they all wheeled to work, tools protruding from voluminous canvas panniers.
2historical Part of a skirt looped up round the hips. Example sentencesExamples - The leather seats gave a little spring underneath our panniers, and Emily hurried to settle her dress before it flew in her face.
- In keeping with her subject she abandoned the ballerina's standard costume of voluminous skirts and panniers and appeared instead with her hair loose, wearing nothing but sandals and a simple muslin tunic.
- La Sylphide also popularized the white tutus, freeing the ballerinas from the bondage of stiffening panniers.
- 2.1 A frame supporting a pannier of a skirt.
Example sentencesExamples - It was hitched up to reveal an underskirt of a different color and with no hoops or panniers.
- In an undoubted nod to the skirt-extending panniers of Marie Antoinette's day, Eugénie wholeheartedly embraced the cage crinoline in 1855, thus sparking a fashion craze.
Origin Middle English: from Old French panier, from Latin panarium 'bread basket', from panis 'bread'. companion from Middle English: A companion is literally ‘a person who you eat bread with’. The word comes from Old French compaignon, from Latin com- ‘together with’ and panis ‘bread’. Other English words that derive from panis include pannier (Middle English), pastille (mid 17th century) a ‘little loaf’ of something, and pantry (Middle English). Company (Middle English) and accompany (Late Middle English) come from the same root.
Definition of pannier in US English: panniernounˈpanēərˈpæniər 1A basket, especially one of a pair carried by a beast of burden. Example sentencesExamples - Large heavy items were either carried on primitive carts or dragged on sledges, and loose bulk materials were carried in panniers on horses.
- Under direction, I tied the wet end to Anatole's saddle, having removed the panniers.
- These are the vendors who lug two heavy-looking panniers around with the help of a piece of pliable wood across their shoulder.
- They sounded idyllic and I began to break one of the golden rules of donkey-driving - never feel sorry for the donkey - as I watched Anatole, the brave little trooper, struggling between his 40-pound panniers.
- Periodically there might be a single rider coming into town with panniers on his llama, but that was about the extent of the traffic.
Synonyms receptacle, container, holder, vessel, box, case - 1.1 Each of a pair of bags or boxes fitted on either side of the rear wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle.
Example sentencesExamples - The camera was transmitting to a video camera and receiver stashed in the pannier of a bicycle locked to a lamppost nearby.
- Thousands of hardy travelers hitched panniers to their 10-speeds and pedaled off to see the country and the world.
- He was also wheeling a black cycle with panniers.
- Having discovered a mutual passionate love of food, travel and adventure, they pack up their panniers, rev up their bikes and head off in search of authentic culinary and cultural experiences in all corners of the world.
- Each secondary school is leasing two new bicycles, fully kitted out with lighting and panniers strong enough to carry schoolbooks, from Cycle Heaven in York.
- However, when I throw my rear panniers on and ride the bike at higher speeds, the bike will shimmy if I remove my hands from the bars.
- Early on the Sunday we parked Tim's car on the northern bank of the river, got out our mountain bikes, panniers and backpacks and we were off.
- The factory workers, the cops, the carpenters, the plumbers, they all wheeled to work, tools protruding from voluminous canvas panniers.
- A substantial grab rail for the pillion provides security, plus hard panniers, a tank bag and touring windscreen are available.
- The bikers are trained both as ambulance paramedics and professional motorcyclists and carry enough equipment in their panniers, from oxygen cylinders to defibrillators, to cover almost every eventuality.
- On a touring bike it was acceptable as long as the touring bike stuck to the script: Load up some panniers and don some bright yellow rain gear and a hard-shell helmet.
- In Hong Kong in 1994, I dumped my backpack for a bike and panniers.
2historical Part of a skirt looped up around the hips. Example sentencesExamples - In keeping with her subject she abandoned the ballerina's standard costume of voluminous skirts and panniers and appeared instead with her hair loose, wearing nothing but sandals and a simple muslin tunic.
- The leather seats gave a little spring underneath our panniers, and Emily hurried to settle her dress before it flew in her face.
- La Sylphide also popularized the white tutus, freeing the ballerinas from the bondage of stiffening panniers.
- 2.1 A frame supporting a pannier of a skirt.
Example sentencesExamples - It was hitched up to reveal an underskirt of a different color and with no hoops or panniers.
- In an undoubted nod to the skirt-extending panniers of Marie Antoinette's day, Eugénie wholeheartedly embraced the cage crinoline in 1855, thus sparking a fashion craze.
Origin Middle English: from Old French panier, from Latin panarium ‘bread basket’, from panis ‘bread’. |