meaning of pannier
1. A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass
2. A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemys 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.
5. set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips