pannier
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
pannier (plural panniers)
- 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.
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- Hypernyms: packbag
- 1984 July, Backpacker, page 46 ↗:
- Pannier literally means carrying bags slung over the back of a beast of burden — in other words, saddle bags. Front and rear bicycle touring panniers, after being attached to their carrying racks on the bicycle, become the bicycle tourist's packbags.
- A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.
- Synonyms: corbeil
- (historical, fashion) One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side.
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- A breadbasket.
- (historical, military) A piece of basketwork for protecting archers, or, filled with gravel or sand, for forming and protecting embankments, etc.
- French: sacoche
- German: Packtasche, Fahrradtasche (bicycle)
- Italian: bisaccia
- Portuguese: alforje
- Russian: перемётная су́мка
- Spanish: alforja
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