pannier

Definitions

1. 1.(Mil. Antiq.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.
2. 2.A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.
3. 3.A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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