pannierwise

pannierwise

English

Etymology

pannier +‎ -wise

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpæn.ɪ.ə.ˌwaɪz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpæn.i.ɚ.ˌwaɪz/, /ˈpæn.jɚ.ˌwaɪz/

Adverb

pannierwise (not comparable)

1. In the manner of panniers, fastened on either side of the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried over both shoulders.
   • 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.

   • 1897, G. W. Steevens, With the Conquering Turk, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., Chapter 2, p. 14,

     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.

   • 1955, Denton Whitson, The Governor’s Daughter, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, Chapter Two, p. 23,

     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.