pannier

  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. (historical) One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side.
  4. A breadbasket.
  5. (historical) A piece of basketwork for protecting archers, or, filled with gravel or sand, for forming and protecting embankments, etc.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpæn.ɪ.ə/
Etymology

In summary

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

rogówka

Gepäcktasche

paneiro

πανέρι

καλάθι

κάλαθος

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