pannier

UK/ˈpæn.ɪ.ə/US/ˈpæn.i.ɚ/

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Other forms: panniers

A pannier is a bag hung at the side of a rack. A pair of panniers.

They go on in pairs, since one loaded side pulls the whole bike over. A pannier carries weight low, which is why it beats a rucksack over any distance.

Definitions of pannier

1nounpannierA bag hung at the side of a rack.C1
“The pannier held a tent and four days of food.”

pannier is a bag.

Where it comes from

Old French panier, from Latin panarium, a bread basket, from panis, bread.

Proto-Indo-European
*peh₂-
Latin
pānārium — a bread basket
Old French
panier
Middle English
panere
English, today
pannier

Built from

pānis · Latin — bread

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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