PANNIER

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass Hudibras.

2.
n.

A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.

3.
n.

A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.

4.
n.

A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.


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