pannier

Noun

pannier (plural panniers)

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.
   • Until 1785 the slates were conveyed from the quarries to the port in panniers on the backs of horses, but in that year Lord Penrhyn built a good road from the quarry to the village of Llandegai (on the Chester and Holyhead road) and also continued it in the opposite direction a further nine miles...1945 May and June, Charles E. Lee, “The Penrhyn Railway and its Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 138
   • 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.1984 July, Backpacker, page 46

   Synonyms:

   creelpop/soda or poke/sack/bag >

2. A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits.

   Synonyms:

   corbeil

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.