PANNIER Pan"nier, n. Etym: [F. panier, fr. L. panarium a bread basket, fr. panis bread. Cf. Pantry.]
1. 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. (Mil. Antiq.)
Defn: A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.
3. A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.
4. A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.
PANNIERED
Pan"niered, a.
Defn: Bearing panniers. Wordsworth.
PANNIKEL
Pan"ni*kel, n. Etym: [See Pan a dish.]
Defn: The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest. [Obs.] Spenser.