Definition of pannier

• n. - A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass
• n. - A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.
• n. - A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.
• n. - A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.