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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Pannier \Pan"nier\, noun [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.) 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

noun

1: a large wicker basket (usually one of a pair)

2: set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips

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