pannierwise
/ˈpæn.i.ɚˌwaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In the manner of panniers, fastened on either side of the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried over both shoulders.
Example Sentences
- "1874, W. Cave Thomas, “On the Centre-rail Railway,” Report of the Forty-Third Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Notes and Abstracts, p. 219, This differs from other projects bearing a similar title, in which carriages and engines are swung, pannierwise, on either side of a raised rail, beam, or wire."
- "Beneath these still solid monuments of the Doges there passes now the befezzed butcher, his bleeding lambs’ carcasses slung from hooks on two boards, which he hangs pannierwise on his pony’s back."
- "But the captain’s eyes were on their horses—thoroughbreds, although one carried a pack. Her two sizable boxes, not heavy, were affixed pannierwise, and above them were stores—pots and pans, and hay for the horses."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpæn.i.ɚˌwaɪz/
- British English: /ˈpæn.ɪ.əˌwaɪz/