pannier

English

WOTD – 5 January 2009

A mule carrying two panniers.

Panniers mounted on a touring bike.

Hoop skirt with pannier, 18th c.

Etymology

From Middle English panere, panȝere, panyere, from Old French panier, paniere, from Latin pānārium (“a bread basket”), from pānis (“bread”). Doublet of panary.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæn.ɪ.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpæn.i.ɚ/, /ˈpæn.jɚ/

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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.

   Synonym: creel (sometimes synonymous but with word choice dependent on regional dialect, as for example with pop/soda or poke/sack/bag )

   Hypernym: packbag

   Coordinate term: saddlebag

   • 1945 May and June, Charles E. Lee, “The Penrhyn Railway and its Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 138:

     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 to Capel Curig; […] .

   • 1984 July, Backpacker‎^[1], 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.

   • 2016 October 28, Thomas Moore, Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Moore (Illustrated) (Delphi Poets Series)‎^[2], Delphi Classics, →ISBN, →OCLC:

     A donkey whose talent for burdens was wondrous, So much that you'd swear he rejoiced in a load, One day had to jog under panniers so ponderous, That — down the poor Donkey fell smack on the road! His owners and drivers stood round in […]

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

   Synonym: corbeil

3. (historical, fashion) One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side.

   Holonyms: hoop skirt, side hood

4. A breadbasket.
5. (historical, military) A piece of basketwork for protecting archers, or, filled with gravel or sand, for forming and protecting embankments, etc.

Derived terms

• panniered
• pannierless
• pannierlike
• pannierway
• pannierwise

Translations

large basket or bag fastened to the back of a bicycle or pack animal

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: شواري pl (šwāri)

• Armenian: կողով (hy) (koġov)
• Catalan: alforja (ca) f
• Czech: koš (cs) m, brašna f
• Finnish: kuormakori (general), pyörälaukku (bicycles, motorcycles), tarakkalaukku
• French: sacoche (fr) f
• German: Packtasche f, Fahrradtasche (de) f (bicycle)
• Greek: καλάθι (el) n (kaláthi), κάνιστρο (el) n (kánistro)
• Icelandic: þverbakskarfa f, hliðarkarfa f
• Italian: bisaccia (it) f
• Japanese: 籠 (ja) (かご, kago)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sideveske m or f (general sense), sadelveske m or f (saddle bag), sykkelveske m or f (bicycle or motorcycle bag)

• Persian: کواره (fa) (kavâre)
• Polish: sakwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: alforje (pt) m
• Romanian: crinolină (ro)
• Russian: перемётная су́мка f (peremjótnaja súmka), велорюкзак m (velorjukzak)
• Scottish Gaelic: cliabh m
• Spanish: alforja (es) f

decorative basket

hoop used to expand a woman's skirt to either side

• Finnish: vanne (fi)
• Japanese: パニエ (panie)
• Polish: rogówka (pl) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} pardóg f

References

• “pannier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• pannier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia