pannierwise
UK/ˈpæn.ɪ.əˌwaɪz/US/ˈpæn.i.ɚˌwaɪz/
pannierwise adverb: in the manner of panniers, fastened on either side of the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried over both shoulders.
Adverb
pannierwise (not comparable)
- In the manner of panniers, fastened on either side of the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried over both shoulders.
- This differs from other projects bearing a similar title, in which carriages and engines are swung, pannierwise, on either side of a raised rail, beam, or wire.1874, W. Cave Thomas, “On the Centre-rail Railway,” Report of the Forty-Third Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Notes and Abstracts, p. 219
- Beneath these still solid monuments of the Doges there passes now the befezzed butcher, his bleeding lambs’ carcasses slung from hooks on two boards, which he hangs pannierwise on his pony’s back.1897, G. W. Steevens, chapter 2, in With the Conquering Turk, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, page 14
Origin of pannierwise
From pannier + -wise.
Questions about pannierwise
- What does pannierwise mean?
- Pannierwise means in the manner of panniers, fastened on either side of the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried over both shoulders.
- What part of speech is pannierwise?
- Pannierwise is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce pannierwise?
- Pannierwise is pronounced /ˈpæn.ɪ.əˌwaɪz/ (UK).
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