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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS |
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PANNIER (Fr. panier, Lat. panarium, a basket for carrying bread, panis) , a basket
basket
term
appearance . At various times in the history of costume this appearance has been produced by a framework of padded whalebone, steel, &c., used to support the dress, such frameworks being known as " panniers." At the Inns of Court, London, there was formerly an official known as a " pannier man," whose duties were concerned with procuring provisions at market, blowing the horn before meals, &c. The office has been in many of the inns long obsolete, and was formally abolished at the Inner Temple in 1900. At the Inner Temple the robed waiters in hall
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